English Explanatory Dictionary

mesopause

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere or ionosphere. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value.

Word forms

mesopause mesopauses

Etymology

From meso- (“middle”) + -pause (“boundary”).

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