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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle;
- Example: "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents"
[syn: Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mohorovicic discontinuity \Mohorovicic discontinuity\, n.
   (Geol.)
   same as 2nd Moho.
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mohorovicic discontinuity
    n 1: the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying
         mantle; "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles
         down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents" [syn:
         Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]