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Antonyms for stratosphere

Grammar : Noun
Spell : strat-uh-sfeer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstræt əˌsfɪər

Definition of stratosphere

Origin :
  • 1909, from French stratosphère, literally "sphere of layers," coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus "a spreading out" (from past participle stem of sternere "to spread out;" see structure (n.)) + French -sphère, as in atmosphère. The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as you go higher. [An earlier stratosphere, attested in English 1908 and coined in German 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete.]
  • As in welkin : noun air
  • As in air : noun gases forming the atmosphere
Example sentences :
  • It took only one, fifty miles up in the stratosphere, to destroy all New York.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Suppose you do encounter some intelligence in the stratosphere?
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • This idea of denizens of the stratosphere has attacked the popular imagination.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • For Kress was to land right here when, and if, he had conquered the stratosphere.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • What had been done to him by the—the denizens of the stratosphere?
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • The surface of this stratosphere substance was slippery smooth.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • They didn't wish to take a chance on stepping off into the stratosphere—and eternity.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • He, of all the "lords of the stratosphere," seemed to possess endless courage.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • They knew about where the stratosphere had swallowed up Jeter and Eyer.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • Plainly it was the dwelling place of these strange conquerors of the stratosphere.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks

Synonyms for stratosphere

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