mesoscale

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adjective

Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.

OriginEnglish scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla →
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Meanings

adjectivemesoscale (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.
  2. not comparableclimatologyRoughly 2–200 kilometers (or ~1-124 miles) in extent; between microscale and synoptic.
nounmesoscale (plural mesoscales)

plural mesoscales

  1. A scale of intermediate size.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  11. Latinscāla
  12. Middle Englishscale
  13. Englishscale
  14. Englishmesoscale

From meso- + scale.

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APA

mesoscale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesoscale

MLA

“mesoscale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesoscale. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesoscale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesoscale.

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