tropopause

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrɒpəˌpɔːz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trop′ə pôz′, trō′pə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
trop•o•pause  (trop′ə pôz′, trō′pə-),USA pronunciation n. [Meteorol.]
  1. Meteorologythe boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
  • tropo- + pause 1915–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tropopause /ˈtrɒpəˌpɔːz/ n
  1. the plane of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere, characterized by a sharp change in the lapse rate and varying in altitude from about 18 km (11 miles) above the equator to 6 km (4 miles) at the Poles
'tropopause' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
stratosphere

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