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thermal lithosphere

thermal lithosphere noun: the thermal boundary layer between the surface of the Earth (cooled by conduction) and the asthenosphere (cooled by convection).

Noun

thermal lithosphere (plural thermal lithospheres)

  1. The thermal boundary layer between the surface of the Earth (cooled by conduction) and the asthenosphere (cooled by convection).

Forms of thermal lithosphere

pluralthermal lithospheres

Questions about thermal lithosphere

What does thermal lithosphere mean?
Thermal lithosphere means the thermal boundary layer between the surface of the Earth (cooled by conduction) and the asthenosphere (cooled by convection).
What part of speech is thermal lithosphere?
Thermal lithosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of thermal lithosphere?
The plural of thermal lithosphere is thermal lithospheres.

Words near thermal lithosphere in the dictionary

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  2. thermal horsepowers
  3. thermal imaging
  4. thermal lance
  5. thermal lances
  6. thermal lithosphere
  7. thermal lithospheres
  8. thermal mass
  9. thermal masses
  10. thermal neutron
  11. thermal neutrons

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