English Explanatory Dictionary

tectosphere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the part of the mantle lying below cratons, which moves during tectonic activity

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-tectosphere.wav

Word forms

tectosphere tectospheres

Etymology

From tecto- + -sphere.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary