Lithosphere

Definitions

1. The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
2. Any similar layer of an exoplanet.

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةأديم الأرض

Češtinalitosféra

Ελληνικάλιθόσφαιρα

Euskaralitosfera

Suomikivikehälitosfääri

Gaeilgelitisféar

Galegolitosfera

हिन्दीस्थलमंडल

Bahasa Indonesialitosferselaput batuan

Italianocrosta terrestrelitosfera

日本語リソスフェア岩石圏

ქართულილითოსფერო

Қазақ тілілитосфера

Македонскилитосфера

Nederlandslithosfeer

Polskilitosfera

Portuguêslitosfera

Românălitosferă

Русскийлитосфера

Tagalogkalupaan

Türkçelitosfer

Tiếng Việtthạch quyển

Examples

“Holonyms: Earth, earth”

“Meronym: crust”

“Then we indicate⟳ some of the more pertinent characteristics of oceanic and continental lithospheres.”

“When applying Equation (3-74) to determine⟳ the downward deflection of the earth's lithosphere due to an applied load⟳, we must be careful to include⟳ in q(x) the hydrostatic restoring force⟳ caused by the effective replacement of mantle rocks in a vertical column by material of smaller density.”

“Active serpentine mud volcanoes observed in the Mariana fore-arc provide⟳ dramatic evidence for hydration of the shallow mantle wedge by H₂O fluids derived from the subducting lithosphere (Fryer. 1996: Fryer et al., 1999).”

“Holonym: planet”

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