stratosphere

noun

Etymology

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

derived from stratosphère

Definitions

1
The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the…
The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
- Variation in height of the stratosphere (isothermal layer).
2
Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified…
Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
- So great is the part played by stratified deposits in the structure of the earth’s crust that we might be tempted to speak of the stratosphere of the earth in contradistinction to the scoriosphere of the moon.
- The stratosphere, or younger sedimentary envelope has been formed almost entirely at the expense of the Sal envelope.

The neighborhood

Derived

in the stratosphere, substratosphere

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stratosphere. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at stratosphere. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at stratosphere

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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