Holonyms: upper mantle, outer mantle < mantle < Earth
Source: wiktionary
Asthenosphere
//asˈθɛnə(ʊ)sfɪə//
Synonyms for "asthenosphere"
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13 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- astenosfera noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Finnish
1 entries- astenosfääri noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
French
1 entries- asthénosphère noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Georgian
1 entries- ასტენოსფერო noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
German
1 entries- Asthenosphäre noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Greek
1 entries- ασθενόσφαιρα noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Irish
1 entries- astanaisféar noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Italian
1 entries- astenosfera noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Persian
1 entries- سستسپهر noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Polish
1 entries- astenosfera noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Russian
1 entries- астеносфе́ра noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- astenosfera noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Spanish
1 entries- astenosfera noun (the zone of the Earth's upper mantle, below the lithosphere)
Sample sentences
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To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn't quite right.
Source: wiktionary
The asthenosphere that underlies the surface plates is not liquid in any vernacular sense, although it is relatively plastic.
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