stratosphere
The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
Other meanings
Collectively, those layers of the ’s which primarily .
A kind of
- layer
Related words
- substratosphere
- in the stratosphere
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This definition is adapted from “stratosphere” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.