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adj
Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Roughly 2–200 kilometers (or ~1-124 miles) in extent; between microscale and synoptic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
A scale of intermediate size.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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.
