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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stratosphere /ˈstratəˌsfɪə/

▶noun

1 the layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere, extending to about 50 km above the earth's surface (the lower boundary of the mesosphere).

2 informal the very highest levels of something: the fashion stratosphere.

– derivatives
stratospheric /-ˈsfɛrɪk/ adjective,
stratospherically adverb.

'stratosphere' also found in these Oxford entries:

mesosphere - ozone layer - stratopause - tropopause - troposphere

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