Stratosphere (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
  2. (formerly) all of the earth's atmosphere lying outside the troposphere.
  3. any great height or degree, as the highest point of a graded scale.
noun
  1. the atmospheric layer lying between the troposphere and the mesosphere, in which temperature generally increases with height
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