mesosphere

See also: mésosphère

English

Etymology

meso- +‎ -sphere

Noun

mesosphere (plural mesospheres)

(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
(geology) The part of the Earth's mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core.

Derived terms

mesospheric

Translations

layer of the Earth's atmosphere

Catalan: mesosfera f
Czech: mezosféra (cs) f
Esperanto: mezosfero
Finnish: mesosfääri (fi)
French: mésosphère (fr)
Galician: mesosfera f
German: Mesosphäre (de) f
Greek: μεσόσφαιρα f (mesósfaira)

Icelandic: miðhvolf n
Italian: mesosfera
Japanese: 中間圏 (ちゅうかんけん, chūkanken)
Polish: mezosfera (pl) f
Portuguese: mesosfera
Russian: мезосфе́ра (ru) f (mezosféra)
Spanish: mesosfera (es) f
Swedish: mesosfär (sv) c

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