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mesopause
(meso|pause)
Pronunciation:
/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)pɔːz, ˈmɛz-, ˈmiːs-, ˈmiːz-/
noun
the boundary in the earth’s atmosphere between the mesosphere and the thermosphere, at which the temperature stops decreasing with increasing height and begins to increase.
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