1908, from French stratosphère, literally 'sphere of layers,' coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus 'a spreading out' (from past participle stem of sternere 'to spread out,' from PIE root *stere- 'to spread') + French -sphère, as in atmosphère (see sphere).
The Strat Hotel, Casino and SkyPod (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a 1,149 ft (350.2 m) observation tower, the tallest in the United States. It is also the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. This is the first and the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. All life on this planet is.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Changes are in the works at the Stratosphere hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The iconic property on Las Vegas Boulevard will be getting an upgrade and rebrand to The STRAT hotel. Stratosphere (0 deg to -60 deg C) The stratosphere is marked by a temperature inversion from about 11-12 km to 50 km above sea level. Because warmer air lies above cooler air in this region, there are few overturning air currents and, thus, the stratosphere is a region of little mixing.
The region where the temperature increases or remains steady as you go higher. An earlier stratosphere, attested in English 1908 and coined in German 1901, was a geological term for part of the Earth's crust. It is now obsolete. Related: Stratospheric.
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