MESOSPHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesosphere mean? 

• MESOSPHERE (noun)
  The noun MESOSPHERE has 1 sense:

1. the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere

  Familiarity information: MESOSPHERE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOSPHERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("mesosphere" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Holonyms ("mesosphere" is a part of...):

atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)