mesosphere
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4ADJ.
above, below, increasing
VERB + MESOSPHERE
located
PREP.
in, up, with
ADV.
also
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noun
The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
The lower mantle, a layer inside the Earth.
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5The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for
WiktionaryHave you ever seen a meteor shower, where meteors burn up and streak across the sky? Those meteors are burning up in the mesosphere.
Tatoeba · #5322371Temperatures in the mesosphere drop with increasing altitude to about -100 degrees C.
Tatoeba · #5350116The mesosphere is also the layer in which a lot of meteors burn up while entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Tatoeba · #5350122The thermosphere is located above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
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