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English

Noun

  1. The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar UV radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10-15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers.
  2. layer of the earth's atmosphere located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.


Translations

io:stratosphere ta:stratosphere vi:stratosphere zh:stratosphere

WordNet stratosphere
n : the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the
mesosphere
Moby Dictionary
Appleton layer , CAT , F layer , Heaviside-Kennelly layer ,
Olympian heights , Van Allen belt , acme , aerial heights , aerospace ,
aerosphere , air hole , air pocket , airspace , apex , belt , bump ,
ceiling , chemosphere , crosswind , dizzy heights , elevation ,
eminence , empty space , ether , favorable wind , fog , front ,
head wind , heaven , heavens , height , heights , high-pressure area ,
hole , ionosphere , isothermal region , jetstream , layer , lift ,
low-pressure area , lower atmosphere , outer atmosphere , overcast ,
photosphere , pocket , raise , rise , rising ground , roughness , sky ,
soup , space , steep , stratum , substratosphere , tail wind ,
tropopause , troposphere , trough , turbulence , upper atmosphere ,
uprise , vantage ground , vantage point , visibility , visibility zero ,
zenith


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