lithospheric
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the lithosphere
Example Sentences
- "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 viscous asthenosphere."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lithosphere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lithospheric From lithosphere + -ic.