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The rigid, mechanically strong, outer layer of the Earth, which is divided into twelve major tectonic plates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- Holonyms: Earth, earth
- Meronym: crust
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any similar layer of an exoplanet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: planet
- Meronym: crust
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geosphere
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: layer
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Armenian:
քարոլորտ
(kʻarolort)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Azerbaijani:
litosfer
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Basque:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Belarusian:
літасфера
(litasfjera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Bulgarian:
литосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Catalan:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Chinese Mandarin:
岩石圈
(yánshíquān)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Czech:
litosféra
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Danish:
lithosfære
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Dutch:
lithosfeer
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Esperanto:
litosfero
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Estonian:
litosfäär
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Finnish:
litosfääri
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Finnish:
kivikehä
— the outer layer of the Earth
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French:
lithosphère
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Galician:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Georgian:
ლითოსფერო
(litospero)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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German:
Lithosphäre
— the outer layer of the Earth
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German:
Gesteinsmantel
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Greek:
λιθόσφαιρα
(lithósfaira)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Haitian Creole:
litosfè
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Hindi:
स्थलमंडल
(sthalmaṇḍal)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Hungarian:
litoszféra
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Hungarian:
kőzetöv
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Indonesian:
litosfer
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Irish:
litisféar
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Italian:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Italian:
crosta terrestre
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Japanese:
岩石圏
(gansekiken)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Kazakh:
литосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Khmer:
សិលាមណ្ឌល
(səylaa mʊəndʊəl)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Kyrgyz:
литосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Latin:
lithosphaera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Latvian:
litosfēra
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Lithuanian:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Macedonian:
литосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Malay:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Maltese:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Norwegian Bokmål:
litosfære
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
litosfære
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Occitan:
litosfèra
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Persian:
سنگکره
(sang-kore)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Polish:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Portuguese:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Romanian:
litosferă
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Russian:
литосфе́ра
(litosféra)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Scots:
lithosphere
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
литосфера
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Sinhalese:
ශිලා ගෝලය
(śilā gōlaya)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Slovak:
litosféra
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Slovene:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Spanish:
litósfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Swedish:
litosfär
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Tagalog:
kalupaan
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Tatar:
литосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Turkish:
litosfer
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Ukrainian:
літосфера
(litosfera)
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Uzbek:
litosfera
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Vietnamese:
thạch quyển
— the outer layer of the Earth
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Welsh:
lithosffer
— the outer layer of the Earth