Noun
(geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
(meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIt may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere. Victor Francis Hess
It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know. Jesse Owens
Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. Richard Bach
The stratosphere is a hostile place. Felix Baumgartner
When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty. Charles Evans Hughes
I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into a row of seats and catapults you into the air from the top of the Stratosphere Tower - then plummets back down. I ride it over and over; it's exhilarating. Drew Barrymore