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lithosphere

lithosphere noun: the rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.

lithosphere: the rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major...
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Noun

lithosphere (plural lithospheres)

  1. The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
    • Holonyms: Earth, earth
    • Meronym: crust
  2. Any similar layer of an exoplanet.
    • Holonym: planet
    • Meronym: crust

lithosphere meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

lithosphere in Hindi

the outer layer of the Earth
स्थलमंडल sthalmaṇḍal

lithosphere in Tamil

பாறைமண்டலம், கற்கோளம், கற்பாறைப் பகுதி, பாறை அடுக்குப் பகுதி

lithosphere in Bengali

lithosphere
অশ্মমণ্ডল ośśomonḍol

lithosphere in Malayalam

ശിലാമണ്‌ഡലം
More languagesFewer languages
lithosphere in Kannada
ಶಿಲಾಗೋಳ
lithosphere in Sinhala
ශිලා ගෝලය śilā gōlaya
lithosphere in Tagalog
kalupaan
lithosphere in Malay
litosfera
lithosphere in Indonesian
litosfer
lithosphere in Persian
سنگکره sang-kore
lithosphere in Vietnamese
thạch quyển

Forms of lithosphere

plurallithospheres

Origin of lithosphere

From litho- + -sphere.

Words formed from lithosphere

Questions about lithosphere

What does lithosphere mean?
Lithosphere means the rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
What is lithosphere in Hindi?
Lithosphere in Hindi is स्थलमंडल (sthalmaṇḍal). See Lithosphere meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lithosphere?
Lithosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of lithosphere?
The plural of lithosphere is lithospheres.

Words near lithosphere in the dictionary

  1. lithospermic acids
  2. lithospermoside
  3. lithospermous
  4. lithospermum
  5. lithospermums
  6. lithosphere
  7. lithospheres
  8. lithospheric
  9. lithostathine
  10. lithostatic
  11. lithostatically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lithosphere (page history and authors); lithosphere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অশ্মমণ্ডল (Bengali) (page history and authors); lithosphere (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lithosphere (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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