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substratosphere

[suhb-strat-uh-sfeer] / sʌbˈstræt əˌsfɪər /
NOUN
atmosphere
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Meantime, aeronautical science has its sleeves rolled up to attack the problem of full utilization of substratosphere speed potentials.

From Time Magazine Archive

We came down to the warmer substratosphere and got on our homeward course.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since sound waves travel more slowly in thin air than at normal atmospheric pressure, propellers in the substratosphere have a lower effective top speed than at sea level.

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

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 Edward J. Ruppelt


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