stratosphere

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
  2. (obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.

Synonyme

upper air

upper atmosphere

high atmosphere

isothermal layer

Übersetzungen

στρατόσφαιρα

stratosfer

haute atmosphère

سْتْرَاتُوسْفِير

atmosphère supérieure

الغلاف الزمهريري؛ الستراتوسفير

Frequenz

32k
Etymologie (Englisch)

From French stratosphère, a word coined by its discoverer, meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort. From strato- + -sphere.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes