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stratospheric, a.|strætəˈsfɛrɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the stratosphere; occurring or performed in the stratosphere.
1920W. J. Humphreys Physics of Air x. 191 Let a stratospheric column be dropped bodily a distance dh, and let the surrounding air come in until equilibrium is again established. 1935Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XXXIX. 194 This plea is often put forward by the protagonists of so-called stratospheric aviation. 1945Washington Post 10 Oct. 1/3 Development of even greater bombers capable of operating at stratospheric altitudes..is a certainty. 1959Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 1/6 A balloon descending from a stratospheric study of the planet Venus landed safely in a meadow 20 miles north of Manhattan, Kansas, to-day. 1980Nature 27 Nov. 347/2 The stratospheric CO2 mixing ratio is not constant with height but rather decreases with increasing height.
2. fig. On a scale, from a point of view, or of a pitch, so high as to be suggestive of the stratosphere; esp. of a cost: = astronomical a. 1 b.
1935Sun (Baltimore) 16 Feb. 2/1 This bill..requires Congress to abdicate. It requires the country to lean on a dubious dream... Changes made by the Senate committee..in no sense change the stratospheric realities of the bill itself. 1958K. Goodwin in P. Gammond Decca Bk. of Jazz xiii. 149 His ability to produce stratospheric screamers with apparent ease was utilized to add bite and drive to the brass sections. 1966Economist 19 Nov. 778/1 It might at least consider supporting stratospheric French suggestions for so-called ‘solving of the key currency problem’ by the admitted archaism of raising the world price of gold. 1973Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 29/3 To prevent gilt-edged prices from falling even further and yields from escalating to even more stratospheric heights. 1980Jewish Chron. 29 Feb. 17/3 Stratospheric admission prices for a suburban commercial venture. |