aeropause

 [air-uh-pawz]  

aer·o·pause

   [air-uh-pawz]
noun Aeronautics.
the indefinite boundary in the upper atmosphere beyond which the air is too thin for conventional aircraft to operate.
Origin:
1950–55; aero- + pause
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aeropause (ˈɛərəˌpɔːz)
 
—n
the region of the upper atmosphere above which aircraft cannot fly

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