Mohorovičićdiscontinuity

Mohorovičićdiscontinuity
Mo·ho·ro·vi·čić discontinuity (mō'hə-rōʹvə-chĭch) n.
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.
  [After Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geophysicist.]

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  • Mohorovičićdiscontinuity — Mo•ho•ro′vi•čić discontinu′ity [[t]ˌmoʊ hɔˈroʊ və tʃɪtʃ, hoʊ [/t]] n. gel the discontinuity between the crust and the mantle of the earth, occurring at depths that average about 22 mi. (35 km) beneath the continents and about 6 mi. (10 km)… …   From formal English to slang

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