MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mohorovicic discontinuity mean? 

• MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY (noun)
  The noun MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY has 1 sense:

1. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle

  Familiarity information: MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Moho; Mohorovicic discontinuity

Context example:

the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents

Instance hypernyms:

bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)