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[strat-uh-sfeer]

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noun

the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.

(formerly) all of the earth's atmosphere lying outside the troposphere.

any great height or degree, as the highest point of a graded scale.

Origin:
1905–10; strat(um) + -o- + sphere

Related forms

strat·o·spher·ic

[strat-uh-sfer-ik, -sfeer-] , strat·o·spher·i·cal, adjective

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Ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Don't buy anything because someone says it is going gangbusters or heading for the stratosphere.

Small new internet firms were suddenly lifted into the stratosphere by investors' enthusiasm for their stocks.

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Ozone in the stratosphere protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Don't buy anything because someone says it is going gangbusters or heading for the stratosphere.

Small new internet firms were suddenly lifted into the stratosphere by investors' enthusiasm for their stocks.

The planet's surface cools, the stratosphere heats, photosynthesis is reduced.

Efforts to repair a giant breach in the stratosphere could also help slow global warming*.

Out of the park: signed balls soar into the stratosphere.

It can stay aloft in the stratosphere for up to four days, powered by hydrogen.

In the stratosphere it has a profound effect on ozone and chlorine chemistry and water vapor.

The balloon soared into the stratosphere and eventually burst.

Ozone serves two major roles in the middle part of the atmosphere known as the stratosphere.

The plan is familiar: park an antenna high in the stratosphere and then relay signals to and from devices below.

Putting particles in the stratosphere could reduce the total amount of energy that strikes the earth.

And when it comes to vintage sofas, the best designed and best preserved are often in the same stratosphere.

Large volcanic eruptions spread cooling palls through the stratosphere.

Gases rising high into the stratosphere would have mixed with water vapor to create a thin haze of sulfate.

Ozone absorbs sunlight, so less ozone means the stratosphere heats up less.

At this point, they hit the tropopause, which is the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere layers of the atmosphere.

The ozone layer in the stratosphere protects people, plants and animals against damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

Meanwhile the stratosphere temperatures have been plummeting for over a decade and ocean temperatures have been falling.

Then why would one consider spraying it into the stratosphere forgetting the that may arise.

They will decide which technologies should receive the cash in order to alter the stratosphere to reflect solar.

Yet they are not permitted the profligate perfectionism that puts deluxe equipment in the financial stratosphere.

But its recent evolution has pushed this need for capital into the stratosphere.

The stratosphere cooling while the troposphere warms.

Fournier will wear a four-layered pressurized suit capable of withstanding the hostile environment of the stratosphere.

He needs the stratosphere of extreme speed, but he won't make that stratosphere absorbing for an audience.

Unfortunately, he could not stand to watch prices launch into the stratosphere after he sold, and bought back in.

The troposphere is warming while the stratosphere is cooling.

As tech companies gobble up acreage, demand has pushed prices into the stratosphere.

They chew up the protective ozone layer in the stratosphere and also exert a strong greenhouse.

Since then, the ozone concentration in the stratosphere has stopped decreasing and is starting to recover.

The stratosphere cooling while the troposphere warms c.

Pump sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to mirror the cooling effect caused by large volcanic eruptions.

Its price-to-earnings ratio, a common test for an overpriced stock, is in the stratosphere.

But finding tomorrow's stars is not easy, particularly in this era of the designer stratosphere.

Ozone in the stratosphere protects living things from harm caused by the sun's ultraviolet rays.

As muscles spiral internally, a punctuated release sends the body into another stratosphere.

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World English Dictionary

stratosphere (ˈstrætəˌsfɪə)

—n
	the atmospheric layer lying between the troposphere and the mesosphere, in which temperature generally increases with height

stratospheric

—*adj*

strato'spherical

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

stratosphere

1909, from Fr. stratosphère, lit. "sphere of layers," coined by Fr. meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from L. stratus "a spreading out" (from pp. stem of sternere "to spread out;" see structure) + Fr. -sphère, as in atmosphère.

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The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as you go higher. [An earlier stratosphere, attested in Eng. 1908 and coined in Ger. 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete.]

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Science Dictionary

stratosphere

(strāt'ə-sfîr') Pronunciation Key
The region of the Earth's atmosphere extending from the tropopause to about 50 km (31 mi) above the Earth's surface. The stratosphere is characterized by the presence of ozone gas (in the ozone layer) and by temperatures which rise slightly with altitude, due to the absorption of ultraviolet radiation. See also exosphere , mesosphere , thermosphere , troposphere., See illustration at atmosphere.

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Cultural Dictionary

stratosphere [(strat-uh-sfeer)]

The region of the atmosphere of the Earth above the troposphere. The stratosphere begins at an altitude of seven to ten miles and extends to approximately thirty miles.

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