Word familyadjectivestratalstraticulatestratificationalstratifiedstratiformstratigraphicstratosestratosphericstratousnounstratificationstratigrapherstratigraphystratospherestratusstratocruiserstratocumulusstratopausestratotankerstratumstratovolcanoverbstratifyadverbstratigraphically
into the stratosphere• They raisehorrendous amounts of dust, which is carried by the risingmushroom clouds into the stratosphere.• The budgetdeficitquadrupled in the 1980s, and the public debt followed it into the stratosphere.• Nuclear explosions produce shock waves which can inject oxides of nitrogen into the stratosphere.• Impatience is justified if theory moves off into the stratosphere, so to speak.• It forces real interest rates into the stratosphere and makes rapid growth extremely difficult.• The nation's teenagepregnancy rate is soaringinto the stratosphere.
Originstratosphere
(1900-2000)Frenchstratosphère, from Modern Latinstratum ( → STRATUM) + Frenchsphère“sphere”