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lithosphere

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

History

Etymology

From litho- + -sphere.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Armenian: քարոլորտ (kʻarolort) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Azerbaijani: litosfer — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Basque: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Belarusian: літасфера (litasfjera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Bulgarian: литосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Catalan: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 岩石圈 (yánshíquān) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Czech: litosféra — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Danish: lithosfære — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Dutch: lithosfeer — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Esperanto: litosfero — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Estonian: litosfäär — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Finnish: litosfääri — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Finnish: kivikehä — the outer layer of the Earth
  • French: lithosphère — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Galician: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Georgian: ლითოსფერო (litospero) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • German: Lithosphäre — the outer layer of the Earth
  • German: Gesteinsmantel — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Greek: λιθόσφαιρα (lithósfaira) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Haitian Creole: litosfè — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Hindi: स्थलमंडल (sthalmaṇḍal) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Hungarian: litoszféra — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Hungarian: kőzetöv — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Indonesian: litosfer — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Irish: litisféar — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Italian: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Italian: crosta terrestre — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Japanese: 岩石圏 (gansekiken) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Kazakh: литосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Khmer: សិលាមណ្ឌល (səylaa mʊəndʊəl) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Kyrgyz: литосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Latin: lithosphaera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Latvian: litosfēra — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Lithuanian: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Macedonian: литосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Malay: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Maltese: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: litosfære — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: litosfære — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Occitan: litosfèra — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Persian: سنگکره (sang-kore) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Polish: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Portuguese: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Romanian: litosferă — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Russian: литосфе́ра (litosféra) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Scots: lithosphere — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: литосфера — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Serbo-Croatian: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Sinhalese: ශිලා ගෝලය (śilā gōlaya) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Slovak: litosféra — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Slovene: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Spanish: litósfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Swedish: litosfär — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Tagalog: kalupaan — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Tatar: литосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Turkish: litosfer — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Ukrainian: літосфера (litosfera) — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Uzbek: litosfera — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Vietnamese: thạch quyển — the outer layer of the Earth
  • Welsh: lithosffer — the outer layer of the Earth