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 stratosphere

  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))