stratosphericaladj.

Brit.

/ˌstratəˈsfɛrᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌstrædəˈsfɪrək(ə)l/,

/ˌstrædəˈsfɛrək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stratosphere n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < stratosphere n. + -ical suffix. Compare earlier stratospheric adj.

1. Meteorology. = stratospheric adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > specific region of

subsolar1845

stratospheric1909

tropospheric1914

ionospheric1933

stratospherical1934

mesospheric1940

magnetospheric1961

protonospheric1965

thermospheric1971

plasmaspheric1974

1934 Times 16 July 11/7 The construction of machines and engines destined for stratospherical navigation.

1944 Mil. Surgeon 89/1 Men in oxygen masks and electrically-heated flying suits at the controls of 30-ton, turbo-supercharged bombing planes who are making it a stratospherical war.

2010 D. de Gregorio et al. in F. M. Mazzolani Urban Habitat Constr. under Catastrophic Events 508/1 Large deposits of tephra fall cover an area of elliptical shape around the crater, reaching also large distances, according to the direction of stratospherical winds.

2. figurative. colloquial. = stratospheric adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective]

high1542

strong1599

rank1604

exorbitant1670

extravagant1707

stiff1824

sky-high1829

steep1856

stratospherical1936

1936 ZBT: 25 Years Phi Chapter 5 To familiarize everyone who has gone before with what has come afterwards and to familiarize everyone who has come afterwards with what has gone before..—these are the stratospherical aims of this book.

1951 R. Sherman Kindred Spirit 26 Since it had no pre-war ceiling to conform to, its rentals verged on the stratospherical.

1981 N.Y. Times 26 July viii. 1/3 Vast amounts of land have already been developed and prices are at what many people would consider stratospherical levels.

2014 S. Auyang Dragon & Eagle Introd. p. xxi Economic inequality in imperial China, though acute, never approached the stratospherical level in the Roman Empire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stratospherical
释义	stratosphericaladj. Brit. /ˌstratəˈsfɛrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌstrædəˈsfɪrək(ə)l/, /ˌstrædəˈsfɛrək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stratosphere n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < stratosphere n. + -ical suffix. Compare earlier stratospheric adj. 1. Meteorology. = stratospheric adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > specific region of subsolar1845 stratospheric1909 tropospheric1914 ionospheric1933 stratospherical1934 mesospheric1940 magnetospheric1961 protonospheric1965 thermospheric1971 plasmaspheric1974 1934 Times 16 July 11/7 The construction of machines and engines destined for stratospherical navigation. 1944 Mil. Surgeon 89/1 Men in oxygen masks and electrically-heated flying suits at the controls of 30-ton, turbo-supercharged bombing planes who are making it a stratospherical war. 2010 D. de Gregorio et al. in F. M. Mazzolani Urban Habitat Constr. under Catastrophic Events 508/1 Large deposits of tephra fall cover an area of elliptical shape around the crater, reaching also large distances, according to the direction of stratospherical winds. 2. figurative. colloquial. = stratospheric adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] high1542 strong1599 rank1604 exorbitant1670 extravagant1707 stiff1824 sky-high1829 steep1856 stratospherical1936 1936 ZBT: 25 Years Phi Chapter 5 To familiarize everyone who has gone before with what has come afterwards and to familiarize everyone who has come afterwards with what has gone before..—these are the stratospherical aims of this book. 1951 R. Sherman Kindred Spirit 26 Since it had no pre-war ceiling to conform to, its rentals verged on the stratospherical. 1981 N.Y. Times 26 July viii. 1/3 Vast amounts of land have already been developed and prices are at what many people would consider stratospherical levels. 2014 S. Auyang Dragon & Eagle Introd. p. xxi Economic inequality in imperial China, though acute, never approached the stratospherical level in the Roman Empire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1934
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