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asthenospheric

asthenospheric adjective: of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantle.

Adjective

asthenospheric (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantle.

Origin of asthenospheric

From asthenosphere + -ic.

Words formed from asthenospheric

Questions about asthenospheric

What does asthenospheric mean?
Asthenospheric means of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantle.
What part of speech is asthenospheric?
Asthenospheric is an adjective.

Words near asthenospheric in the dictionary

  1. asthenopic
  2. asthenospermia
  3. asthenospermic
  4. asthenosphere
  5. asthenospheres
  6. asthenospheric
  7. asthenospherically
  8. asthenoteratospermia
  9. asthenoteratozoospermia
  10. asthenoteratozoospermic
  11. asthenovegetative

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