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Tropopause
Meaning
Noun
●
In Weather:
The
of
between the
and the
(approximately 13
). The
at an
of between 25,000 and 45,000
in
and
. It
at 55,000
in the tropics.
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Origin
tropopause
English
-pause
English
pause
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
pausa
Latin
παῦσις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
παύω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
tropo-
English
τρόπος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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