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substratosphere
[ suhb-strat-uh-sfeer ]
/ sʌbˈstræt əˌsfɪər /
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noun (not used technically)
the upper troposphere.
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Origin of substratosphere
First recorded in 1915–20; sub- + stratosphere
OTHER WORDS FROM substratosphere
sub·strat·o·spher·ic [suhb-strat-uh-sfer-ik, -sfeer-], /ˌsʌb stræt əˈsfɛr ɪk, -ˈsfɪər-/, adjectiveWords nearby substratosphere
substitution therapy, substitution transfusion, substitutive, substitutivity, substrate, substratosphere, substratum, substruction, substructure, subsulfate, subsume
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How to use substratosphere in a sentence
It hadn't looked so big from the substratosphere in Alexander's ship, but down here close to the ground it was enormous.
The Lani People|J. F. Bone