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Hemisphere vs Stratosphere - What's the difference?

hemisphere | stratosphere |

As nouns the difference between hemisphere and stratosphere

is that hemisphere is half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator while stratosphere is collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.

hemisphere

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy, astrology) Half of the celestial sphere, as divided by either the ecliptic or the celestial equator .
  • (figuratively) A realm or domain of activity .
  • (geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. .
  • (geometry) Any half-sphere, formed by a plane intersecting the center of a sphere. .
  • (cartography) A map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere .
  • (anatomy) Either of the two halves of the cerebrum. .

    • Synonyms

    * celestial hemisphere * terrestrial hemisphere * sphere * half-sphere, half sphere * cerebral hemisphere * planisphere

    stratosphere

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the (l)’s (l) which primarily (l) .
  • * 1908 , Eduard Suess [aut.], Hertha Beatrice Coryn Sollas and William Johnson Sollas [trs.], The Face of the Earth (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), volume 3, chapter 1, page 2
    • So great is the part played by stratified deposits in the structure of the earth’s crust that we might be tempted to speak of the stratosphere'' of the earth in contradistinction to the ''scoriosphere of the moon.
  • * 1909 , Eduard Suess [aut.], Hertha Beatrice Coryn Sollas and William Johnson Sollas [trs.], The Face of the Earth (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), volume 4, chapter 15, page 546
    • The stratosphere , or younger sedimentary envelope has been formed almost entirely at the expense of the Sal envelope.
  • (meteorology) The region of the uppermost atmosphere where temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone. The stratosphere extends from the tropopause (10–15 kilometers) to approximately 50 kilometers, where it is succeeded by the mesosphere.
  • * 1909 , Scientific Abstracts , A., volume 12, page 208 (heading)
    • Variation in height of the stratosphere (isothermal layer).

    External links

    * ("stratosphere" on Wikipedia)