mesoscale

[ mez-uh-skeyl, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesoscale¹

First recorded in 1955–60; meso- + scale ³

Example Sentences

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and University of Southern Denmark have recently published FreeDTS -- a shared software package designed to model and study biological membranes at the mesoscale -- the scale "in between" the larger macro level and smaller micro level.

From Science Daily

A recent study published on January 1, 2024, in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, investigated the properties of one-dimensional mesoscale supramolecular assemblies of two different structures composed of the same luminescent molecule.

From Science Daily

This study establishes morphological control of materials at the mesoscale as a possible new guideline for the design of functional materials.

From Science Daily

The images above were processed by Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University, and curated by Maxar..

From Los Angeles Times

By analyzing the GOES-16 data, Peterson found that these storms tend to be born in what scientists call a mesoscale convective system, or MCS.

From Scientific American