mohorovicic discontinuity

1. 1.

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

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

   SynonymsMoho

   Broaderboundary

   geology

Questions about mohorovicic discontinuity

What does mohorovicic discontinuity mean?

mohorovicic discontinuity means "the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle".

What is another word for mohorovicic discontinuity?

Close synonyms include Moho. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.