"stratospheric" meaning in English

See stratospheric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/ [General-American], /-fɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stratospheric.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more stratospheric [comparative], most stratospheric [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: From stratosphere + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|stratosphere|ic|pos2=suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns}} stratosphere + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns) Head templates: {{en-adj}} stratospheric (comparative more stratospheric, superlative most stratospheric)
  1. (meteorology) Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”). Categories (topical): Meteorology Synonyms: stratospherical Translations (of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere): stratosférický (Czech), stratosfääri- (Estonian), stratosphérique (French), stratosferico (Italian), 成層圏の (seisōkenno) (alt: せいそうけんの) (Japanese), stratosphericus (Latin), stratosfærisk (Norwegian Bokmål), stratosfærisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), estratosférico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stratospheric-en-adj-Lz~UxI2~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 75 25 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere': 93 7
  2. (figurative, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Translations (unusually or unreasonably high — see also astronomical): stratosferico (Italian)
    Sense id: en-stratospheric-en-adj-A~KDMagt Disambiguation of 'unusually or unreasonably high — see also astronomical': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonstratospheric, polar stratospheric cloud, stratospherically, sudden stratospheric warming Related terms: stratosphere, stratospherical

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unusually",
          "unusually"
        ],
        [
          "unreasonably",
          "unreasonably"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "astronomical",
          "astronomical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-fɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹɪk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stratospheric.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-stratospheric.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-stratospheric.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-stratospheric.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-stratospheric.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosférický"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosfääri-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosphérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosferico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいそうけんの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seisōkenno",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "成層圏の"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosphericus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosfærisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "stratosfærisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere",
      "word": "estratosférico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unusually or unreasonably high — see also astronomical",
      "word": "stratosferico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stratospheric"
}

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