"mesopause" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mesopauses [plural]
Etymology: From meso- (“middle”) + -pause (“boundary”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|meso-|-pause|t1=middle|t2=boundary}} 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. It is the atmospheric boundary where the temperature reaches its minimum value. Wikipedia link: mesopause Categories (topical): Meteorology, Weather 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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