"tropopause" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tropopauses [plural]
Etymology: From tropo- (“troposphere”) + -pause (“discontinuance”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tropo|pause|gloss1=troposphere|gloss2=discontinuance}} tropo- (“troposphere”) + -pause (“discontinuance”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tropopause (plural tropopauses)
  1. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The tropopause normally occurs at an altitude of between 25,000 and 45,000 feet in polar and temperate zones. It occurs at 55,000 feet in the tropics. Wikipedia link: tropopause Categories (topical): Weather Translations (zone of transition between troposphere and stratosphere): tropopausa [feminine] (Catalan), tropopauza [feminine] (Czech), tropopause [common-gender] (Danish), tropopaussi (Finnish), tropopause [feminine] (French), tropopausa [feminine] (Galician), ტროპოპაუზა (ṭroṗoṗauza) (Georgian), τροπόπαυση (tropópafsi) [feminine] (Greek), veðrahvörf [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), 対流圏界面 (tairyūkenkaimen) (alt: たいりゅうけんかいめん) (Japanese), тропопа́уза (tropopáuza) [feminine] (Russian), tropopauza [feminine] (Slovak), tropopausa [feminine] (Spanish), tropopaus [common-gender] (Swedish)

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