turbopause

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noun

The altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates, at about 60 miles or 100 km, which separates the heterosphere from the homosphere.

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Meanings

nounturbopause (plural turbopauses)

plural turbopauses

  1. climatologyThe altitude in the Earth's atmosphere below which turbulent mixing dominates, at about 60 miles or 100 km, which separates the heterosphere from the homosphere.

Origin

From turbo- + -pause.

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turbopause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbopause

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbopause,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbopause.

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