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semimolten

semimolten adjective: partly or somewhat molten.

Adjective

semimolten (not comparable)

  1. Partly or somewhat molten.
    • Simply stated, Earth's plates are “floating” atop a thick semimolten mass called the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle move the plates around the surface of the globe.2015, Joyce A. Quinn, Susan L. Woodward, “Introduction”, in Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features, volumes I: A–L, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page xxxv

Forms of semimolten

alternative formsemi-molten

Origin of semimolten

From semi- + molten.

Questions about semimolten

What does semimolten mean?
Semimolten means partly or somewhat molten.
What part of speech is semimolten?
Semimolten is an adjective.

Words near semimolten in the dictionary

  1. semimodern
  2. semimodular
  3. semimodule
  4. semimodules
  5. semimoist
  6. semimolten
  7. semimonastic
  8. semimonocoque
  9. semimonocoques
  10. semimonopolies
  11. semimonopoly

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