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Meaning of Moho discontinuity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The Mohorovičić discontinuity; the Moho.

Examples

“Specifically, they got the idea to drill through the ocean floor (the continental crust was too thick) to the Moho discontinuity and to extract a piece of the Earth's mantle for examination at leisure.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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