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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle;
- Example: "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents"
[syn: Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mohorovicic discontinuity \Mohorovicic discontinuity\, n. (Geol.) same as 2nd Moho. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mohorovicic discontinuity n 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" [syn: Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho]