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Lithosphere
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
"Holonyms: Earth, earth"
- 2 the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle wordnet
- 3 Any similar layer of an exoplanet.
"Holonym: planet"
Etymology
From litho- + -sphere.
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