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Stratoscope
Translation of "stratoscope" into Russian
stratoscope
Noun
UK
/ˈstrætəskəʊp/
US
/ˈstrætəˌskoʊp/
stratoscope
stratoscopes pl
The stratoscope was used to study the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Стратоскоп использовался для изучения верхних слоев атмосферы.
Definitions
stratoscope
Noun
UK
/ˈstrætəskəʊp/
US
/ˈstrætəˌskoʊp/
A type of telescope designed to be carried to high altitudes by a balloon to observe astronomical objects without atmospheric interference.
The scientists used a stratoscope to capture clearer images of distant galaxies.
stratoscope
Adjective
UK
/ˈstrætəskəʊp/
US
/ˈstrætəˌskoʊp/
Relating to a stratoscope or to observations made with one.
The team published their findings based on stratoscope imagery.
Stratoscope
Proper noun
Either of two American balloon-borne telescope experiments (Stratoscope I, 1957–1959, and Stratoscope II, 1963–1973) designed to obtain high-resolution images above most of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Images from Stratoscope II greatly advanced our understanding of solar granulation.