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substratosphere

[suhb-strat-uh-sfeer] / sʌbˈstræt əˌsfɪər /
NOUN
atmosphere
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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

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

Their radiological aftereffects were relatively slight; the dangerously radioactive materials they released were largely sucked up into 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

It hadn't looked so big from the substratosphere in Alexander's ship, but down here close to the ground it was enormous.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)




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