Stratosphere Definition

strătə-sfîr
noun
The region of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.
American Heritage
The atmospheric zone or shell located above the tropopause at an altitude of c. 20 to 50 km (c. 12 to 31 mi) and characterized by an increase in temperature with increasing altitude.
Webster's New World
Any extremely high point, place, or level.
Webster's New World
1909, Eduard Suess [aut.], Hertha Beatrice Coryn Sollas and William Johnson Sollas [trs.], The Face of the Earth (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), volume 4, chapter 15, page 546
The stratosphere, or younger sedimentary envelope has been formed almost entirely at the expense of the Sal envelope.
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Other Word Forms of Stratosphere

Noun

Singular:
stratosphere
Plural:
stratospheres

Origin of Stratosphere

  • French stratosphère Latin strātus a spreading out stratus -sphère sphere (from Old French espere sphere)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • strato- +"Ž -sphere

    From Wiktionary

Stratosphere Sentence Examples

  • The Earth is protected from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays by a layer of ozone in the stratosphere section of the atmosphere.

  • Ozone layer is situated in the stratosphere of the atmosphere.

  • Both rising CO2 levels and stratospheric ozone depletion tend to cool the stratosphere.

  • By rights this song should take them into the pop stratosphere.

  • Sato described evidence that there is a gravity wave source in the southern winter polar stratosphere.

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