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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.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.
- (not-comparable, of a weather phenomenon) Roughly 2–200 kilometers (or ~1-124 miles) in extent; between microscale and synoptic.
Deriveds
mesoscale convective system · submesoscale