mesosphere

noun

me·so·sphere ˈme-zə-ˌsfir

ˈmē-,

-sə-

: the part of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere in which temperature decreases with altitude to the atmosphere's absolute minimum

mesospheric

ˌme-zə-ˈsfir-ik

ˌmē-

-sə-

-ˈsfer-

adjective

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So as to keep from soaring clean into the mesosphere at the first gust of a wind, the Canopy anchors to the vehicle via a series of elastic bands and suction cups and also stakes down to the ground. —

New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2024 Falling spacecraft gradually ablate — the technical term for burning up — about 40 miles above the ground, in the mesosphere, which sits above the stratosphere. —

Ramin Skibba, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024 The volcanic eruption shot gas and ash 36 miles up into Earth’s mesosphere, higher than the plume from any other volcano on record. —

Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023 Meteors typically occur in the mesosphere, which is around 30 to 50 miles from Earth’s surface. —

Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for mesosphere