Turbopause
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Turbopause is a noun meaning (meteorology) The altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates, at about 60 miles or 100 km, which separates the heterosphere from the homosphere.
Meaning
(meteorology) The altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates, at about 60 miles or 100 km, which separates the heterosphere from the homosphere.
Word Forms
- turbopauses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include troposphere, tropopause, thermopause, homosphere, stratopause, ionosphere.
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