Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The boundary between the earth's crust and the underlying mantle, averaging 8 kilometers (5 miles) in depth under the oceans and 32 kilometers (20 miles) in depth under the continents.
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- proper noun geology The
boundary between theEarth ’scrust andmantle .
Etymologies
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[After Andrija Mohorovičić, (1857–1936), Croatian geophysicist.]
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Named for Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936).
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