stratosphere
stra·tosp·here
noun
1.
the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
Origin
From French stratosphère, a word coined by its discoverer, meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort. From strato- + -sphere.
Phrases
- in the stratosphere
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