stratosphere
Meaning
- The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
- (obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
Synonyms
upper air
upper atmosphere
high atmosphere
isothermal layer
Translations
stratosphère
stratosfera
Stratosphäre
estratosfera
estratosfera
στρατόσφαιρα
estratosfera
stratosfer
stratosfeer stratósfera
سْتْرَاتُوسْفِير الغلاف الزمهريري؛ الستراتوسفيرFrequency
Etymology
From French stratosphère, a word coined by its discoverer, meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort. From strato- + -sphere.
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