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TROPOPAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tropopause mean? 

TROPOPAUSE (noun)
  The noun TROPOPAUSE has 1 sense:

1. the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TROPOPAUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

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

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

troposphere (the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude))


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