Meanings
adjectivemasoscale (not comparable)
- not comparableclimatologyHaving a scale of between 400 and 40,000 kilometres (or ~250-25,000 miles).
Origin
Coined by Tetsuya T. Fujita on the basis of mesoscale; each successive vowel in the alphabet refers to a smaller size.
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APA
masoscale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masoscale
MLA
“masoscale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masoscale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masoscale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masoscale.
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