stratosphere

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

stratosfeer

Synoniemen

atmosphere

heaven

outer space

troposphere

upper air

upper atmosphere

air

high atmosphere

isothermal layer

Vertalingen

stratosphère

stratosfera

Stratosphäre

estratosfera

estratosfera

στρατόσφαιρα

estratosfera

stratosfer

estratósfera

atmosphère

stratósfera

سْتْرَاتُوسْفِير

الغلاف الزمهريري؛ الستراتوسفير

Troposphäre

Etymologie (Engels)

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