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The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
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mesosphere
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In geology, the mesosphere refers to the mantle in the region under the lithosphere and the asthenosphere , but above the outer core . The upper boundary is defined as the sharp increase in seismic wave velocities and density at a depth of . At a depth ...
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n. layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere
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n. the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1950, from meso- + second element in atmosphere .
Usage examples of mesosphere.
Further within this energy envelope are layers of tenuous matter called the atmospheric strata: exosphere, ionosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.
A most intricate device would be placed atop a sounding rocket, complete with a score of telemetric devices, and it would soar the first five miles through the visible cloud layer, through the stratosphere and mesosphere, reporting perfectly on conditions there, but when it entered the ionosphere, where the data became critical, some small component of the instrument system, damaged by the physical stress of launch, would cease functioning and the shot would be scrubbed.
It took seven minutes after the induction rams came on to reach their orbital transfer trajectory, slicing cleanly through the mesosphere and into the rarefied lower chemosphere where the power-to-thrust ratio decayed drastically.