Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesoscale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: mesoscale
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.

adj

Roughly 2–200 kilometers (or ~1-124 miles) in extent; between microscale and synoptic.

noun

A scale of intermediate size.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English mesoscale From meso- + scale.

Inflected Forms

mesoscales (plural)

Derived Forms

submesoscale

Phrases

mesoscale convective system

Frequently Paired Words

masoscale misoscale mososcale musoscale

Questions

What does mesoscale mean?: Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.
Where does mesoscale come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English mesoscale From meso- + scale.

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