English Explanatory Dictionary

mesovortex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small-scale, vertical vortex of air associated with a thunderstorm that occurs at less than one kilometer from the ground and is between 2-20 kilometers in width.

Word forms

mesovortex mesovortices mesovortexes

Etymology

From meso- + vortex.

Derived words

eyewall mesovortex
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