"mesopause" meaning in All languages combined

See mesopause on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: mesopauses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -pause English mesopause From meso- (“middle”) + -pause (“boundary”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|meso-<t:middle>|-pause<t:boundary>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -pause English mesopause [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in the middle of", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*me", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "locative suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*médʰi", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*médʰyos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*métsos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μέσος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "meso-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "gloss" : "boundary", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-pause", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mesopause", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mesopause"> From meso- (“middle”) + -pause (“boundary”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesopause (plural mesopauses)
  1. (meteorology) In the atmosphere, the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere or ionosphere and the boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value. Coordinate_terms: Kármán line, McDowell line Translations (the boundary between the mesosphere and the ionosphere): mesopausa [feminine] (Catalan), mésopause [feminine] (French), მეზოპაუზა (mezoṗauza) (Georgian), miðhvörf [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), 中間圏界面 (chūkankenkaimen) (alt: ちゅうかんけんかいめん) (Japanese), мезопа́уза (mezopáuza) [feminine] (Russian), mesopausa [feminine] (Spanish)

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