Usually means: Layer above troposphere, contains ozone.
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  1. stratosphere: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stratosphere, the stratosphere: Merriam-Webster
  3. stratosphere: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stratosphere: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stratosphere: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stratosphere: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stratosphere, stratosphere: Wordnik
  8. the stratosphere: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stratosphere: Wiktionary
  10. stratosphere: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. stratosphere: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. stratosphere: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. stratosphere: Dictionary.com
  14. stratosphere: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. stratosphere: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Stratosphere (Duster album), Stratosphere (Las Vegas), Stratosphere (Matt Sorum album), Stratosphere (disambiguation), Stratosphere: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. stratosphere: Rhymezone
  18. stratosphere: FreeDictionary.org
  19. stratosphere: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. stratosphere: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Stratosphere: Energy Dictionary

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  1. stratosphere: Encyclopedia

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Stratosphere: Solar Radiation Resource Terms
  3. Stratosphere: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  4. Stratosphere: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)
  7. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  9. STRATOSPHERE: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stratosphere: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. stratosphere: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
  2. Stratosphere: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  6. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stratosphere)

noun:  (geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
noun:  (meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.

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