mohorovicic discontinuity

Noun
Synonyms: Moho

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Noun (1)

  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”Synonyms: MohoInstance of boundary, bound
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mohorovicic discontinuity noun

Geology same as 2nd Moho.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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