strata; especially, stratus clouds

A military government.

(geology, obsolete) Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.

(meteorology) Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”). / (figuratively, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical.

(meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.

(music) A popular electric guitar manufactured by Fender.

plural of stratopause

plural of stratosphere

In the atmosphere, the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.

(meteorology) A relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation