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mesoscale
[ mez-uh-skeyl, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]
/ ˈmɛz əˌskeɪl, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zə-, -sə- /
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adjective
pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
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How to use mesoscale in a sentence
Such regions have less lightning activity than other parts of mesoscale convective systems, which allows charges to build up in the clouds over very long distances.
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