"mesoscale" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: meso- + scale Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meso|scale}} meso- + scale Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mesoscale (not comparable)
  1. Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mesoscale-en-adj-H6r7Bj4v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 49 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 40 41 20
  2. (meteorology, of a weather phenomenon) Roughly 2-200 kilometers in extent; between microscale and synoptic Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-mesoscale-en-adj-T15HcWym Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meso- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 49 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 40 41 20 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: masoscalemesoscale convective systemmisoscalemososcalemusoscale

Noun

Forms: mesoscales [plural]
Etymology: meso- + scale Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meso|scale}} meso- + scale Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesoscale (plural mesoscales)
  1. A scale of intermediate size
    Sense id: en-mesoscale-en-noun-Use2zki0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meso- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meso-: 40 41 20

Inflected forms

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