"lithosphere" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-lithosphere.wav Forms: lithospheres [plural]
Etymology: From litho- + -sphere. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|litho|sphere}} litho- + -sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} lithosphere (plural lithospheres)
  1. (geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates. Wikipedia link: lithosphere Categories (topical): Geology Derived forms: chemical lithosphere, lithospheric, mechanical lithosphere, rheological lithosphere, seismic lithosphere, thermal lithosphere Related terms: atmosphere, hydrosphere Coordinate_terms: atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere Translations (the outer layer of the Earth): litosfera [feminine] (Albanian), քարոլորտ (kʻarolort) (Armenian), litosfer (Azerbaijani), litosfera (Basque), літасфера (litasfjera) [feminine] (Belarusian), литосфера (litosfera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), litosfera [feminine] (Catalan), 岩石圈 (yánshíquān) (Chinese Mandarin), litosféra [feminine] (Czech), lithosfære [common-gender] (Danish), lithosfeer (Dutch), litosfero (Esperanto), litosfäär (Estonian), litosfääri (Finnish), kivikehä (Finnish), lithosphère [feminine] (French), litosfera (Galician), ლითოსფერო (litospero) (Georgian), Lithosphäre [feminine] (German), Gesteinsmantel [masculine] (German), λιθόσφαιρα (lithósfaira) [feminine] (Greek), litosfè (Haitian Creole), स्थलमंडल (sthalmaṇḍal) (Hindi), litoszféra (Hungarian), kőzetöv (Hungarian), litosfer (Indonesian), litisféar [masculine] (Irish), litosfera [feminine] (Italian), crosta terrestre [feminine] (Italian), 岩石圏 (gansekiken) (alt: がんせきけん) (Japanese), литосфера (litosfera) (Kazakh), សិលាមណ្ឌល (səylaa mʊəndʊəl) (Khmer), литосфера (litosfera) (Kyrgyz), lithosphaera [feminine] (Latin), litosfēra [feminine] (Latvian), litosfera [feminine] (Lithuanian), литосфера (litosfera) [feminine] (Macedonian), litosfera (Malay), litosfera [feminine] (Maltese), litosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), litosfære [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), litosfèra [feminine] (Occitan), سنگکره (sang-kore) (Persian), litosfera [feminine] (Polish), litosfera [feminine] (Portuguese), litosferă [feminine] (Romanian), литосфе́ра (litosféra) [feminine] (Russian), lithosphere (Scots), литосфера [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), litosfera [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ශිලා ගෝලය (śilā gōlaya) (Sinhalese), litosféra [feminine] (Slovak), litosfera [feminine] (Slovene), litósfera [feminine] (Spanish), litosfär [common-gender] (Swedish), kalupaan (Tagalog), литосфера (litosfera) (Tatar), litosfer (Turkish), літосфера (litosfera) [feminine] (Ukrainian), litosfera (Uzbek), thạch quyển (Vietnamese), lithosffer [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "word": "mechanical lithosphere"
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          "word": "rheological lithosphere"
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          "ref": "2001, Neville Price, Major Impacts and Plate Tectonics: A Model for the Phanerozoic Evolution of the Earth's Lithosphere, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 28:",
          "text": "Then we indicate some of the more pertinent characteristics of oceanic and continental lithospheres.",
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          "ref": "2002, Donald L. Turcotte, Gerald Schubert, Geodynamics, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 121:",
          "text": "When applying Equation (3-74) to determine the downward deflection of the earth's lithosphere due to an applied load, we must be careful to include in q(x) the hydrostatic restoring force caused by the effective replacement of mantle rocks in a vertical column by material of smaller density.",
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          "ref": "2004, Simon M. Peacock, “20: Insight into the hydrogeology and alteration of oceanic lithosphere based on subduction zones and arc vulcanism”, in Earl E. Davis, Harry Elderfield, editors, Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Lithosphere, Cambridge University Press, page 665:",
          "text": "Active serpentine mud volcanoes observed in the Mariana fore-arc provide dramatic evidence for hydration of the shallow mantle wedge by H₂O fluids derived from the subducting lithosphere (Fryer. 1996: Fryer et al., 1999).",
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        "(geology) The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth; divided into twelve major plates."
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litosferă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litosféra",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "литосфе́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "lithosphere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "литосфера"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "śilā gōlaya",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "ශිලා ගෝලය"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litosféra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litósfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "litosfär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "kalupaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "litosfera",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "литосфера"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "litosfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "litosfera",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "літосфера"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "litosfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "word": "thạch quyển"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the outer layer of the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lithosffer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lithosphere"
}

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