STRATOSPHERE

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("stratosphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Meronyms (parts of "stratosphere"):

ozone layer; ozonosphere (a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun)

Holonyms ("stratosphere" is a part of...):

atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)

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Context examples:

Yet, just as Voyager found, when it comes to the vapor form of this chemical, CIRS reported that Titan's stratosphere is as dry as a desert.

(Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan, NASA)

The newly identified cloud instead developed in the stratosphere, the layer above the troposphere.

(NASA Finds Methane Ice Cloud in Titan's Stratosphere, NASA)

The formation of a stratosphere layer in a planet’s atmosphere is attributed to sunscreen-like molecules, which absorb UV and visible radiation coming from the star and then release that energy as heat.

(WASP-18b Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water, NASA)

Previously, CIRS data helped identify hydrogen cyanide ice in clouds over Titan's south pole, as well as other toxic chemicals in the moon's stratosphere.

(NASA Team Finds Noxious Ice Cloud on Saturn’s Moon Titan, NASA)

Within months following the equinox, the vortex in the stratosphere over the south pole had become prominent, as had an atmospheric "hot spot" at high altitudes.

(Cassini Sees Dramatic Seasonal Changes on Titan, NASA)

However, at the start of the mission this instrument could not peer farther up into the northern stratosphere, where temperatures were too cold for reliable CIRS infrared observations, leaving these higher-altitude regions relatively unexplored for many years.

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)

What is startling about the results is that we were able to associate for the first time the variations in solar wind and the response in the stratosphere - and that the response to these variations is so quick for such a large area, said JPL's Glenn Orton, part of the observing team.

(Jupiter's Atmosphere Heats up under Solar Wind, NASA)

This result is exciting because it shows that a common trait of most of the atmospheres in our solar system — a warm stratosphere — also can be found in exoplanet atmospheres.

(Hubble Detects Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere, NASA)

The gases then condense as they sink through cooler and cooler layers of the polar stratosphere.