aeropause

[ air-uh-pawz ]

noun

, Aeronautics.

1. the indefinite boundary in the upper atmosphere beyond which the air is too thin for conventional aircraft to operate.

aeropause

/ ˈɛərəˌpɔːz /

noun

1. the region of the upper atmosphere above which aircraft cannot fly

Word History and Origins

Origin of aeropause¹

First recorded in 1950–55; aero- + pause

Example Sentences

Last week the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine held a symposium at San Antonio on the dan gers that will crowd around explorers of the aeropause.*

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But when man tries to carry his environment with him into the aeropause, he finds problems at each level.

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At the speed necessary for aeropause flight, the craft will be enclosed in a film of hot air at 1,000� C. For flights of mod erate speed and duration, refrigerating units like those used on present-day jet fighters may be enough to counteract such temperatures.

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Another aeropause problem is air.

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Crewmen must have the kind of air they are accustomed to, and such air is hard to find in the aeropause.

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