mohorovicic : Idioms & Phrases

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andrija mohorovicic

  • noun Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936)
    Mohorovicic.
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mohorovicic discontinuity

  • noun the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
    Moho.
    • the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents
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