substratosphere
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- substratospheric adjective
Etymology
Origin of substratosphere
First recorded in 1915–20; sub- + stratosphere
Example Sentences
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The airlines of the future, most aeronautical engineers agree, will fly swiftly and serenely far above turbulent weather in the rarefied air of the substratosphere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last winter Tomlinson made constant trips to the substratosphere in the single-motored Gamma.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, with a radical new fuel injection system made by Eclipse Corp. that eliminates the carburetor, it was given its first tests by President Frye in person preparatory to more visits to the substratosphere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meantime, aeronautical science has its sleeves rolled up to attack the problem of full utilization of substratosphere speed potentials.
From Time Magazine Archive
He couldn't be more than 15,000 feet from the front of the trail, and you can recognize any kind of an airplane 15,000 feet away in the clear air of the substratosphere.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
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