substratosphere

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

But in the thin air of the substratosphere, the resistance would be mostly "skin friction"�that is, the push of air molecules against tiny irregularities on the body and wings of the plane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Already air transports are being built with cabins in which, by supercharging, interior atmospheric pressure approximating that aground can be maintained at substratosphere levels.

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)