Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turbopause

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tur-bopause
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

From turbo- + -pause.

Inflected Forms

turbopauses (plural)

Questions

What does turbopause mean?: 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.
Where does turbopause come from?: From turbo- + -pause.

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