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lithospheric

lithospheric adjective: of or pertaining to the lithosphere.

Adjective

lithospheric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the lithosphere
    • And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly...2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition

Origin of lithospheric

From lithosphere + -ic.

Words formed from lithospheric

Questions about lithospheric

What does lithospheric mean?
Lithospheric means of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
What part of speech is lithospheric?
Lithospheric is an adjective.

Words near lithospheric in the dictionary

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

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