strato-


  1. a combining form representing stratus (stratocumulus) or specialized as a combining form of stratosphere (stratovision).

Origin of strato-

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How to use strato- in a sentence

  • Putting Strato close to him, and pressing the bare sword with both hands on the handle, he fell upon it and died.

  • Finally, he took with him an old and long-tried friend named Strato, and went away a little, apart from the rest.

  • Upon this Strato declared that he would do any thing rather than that Brutus should die by the hand of a slave.

  • Here he solicited once more the favor which had been refused him before—begging that Strato would hold out his sword.

  • When you get him back, take him to Dhergabar by strato-rocket immediately, and make sure he gets back alive.

    Temple Trouble | Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for strato-

strato-

combining form
  1. denoting stratus: stratocumulus

  2. denoting the stratosphere: stratopause

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