Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moho discontinuity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: mo-ho dis-con-ti-nu-ity
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Mohorovičić discontinuity; the Moho.

Example Sentences

"Specifically, they got the idea to drill through the ocean floor (the continental crust was too thick) to the Moho discontinuity and to extract a piece of the Earth's mantle for examination at leisure."

Questions

What does moho discontinuity mean?: The Mohorovičić discontinuity; the Moho.

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