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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The boundary between the earth's crust and the underlying mantle, averaging 8 kilometers (5 miles) in depth under the oceans and 32 kilometers (20 miles) in depth under the continents.
Etymologies
- After Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geophysicist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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““Although most countries play down the power of their lasers to blind on the battlefield, China, for one, has made no pretense of this potential use of its 73-pound, battery-powered ZM-87 Portable Laser Disturber.””
“The 73-pound bike sports a 500-watt motor capable of cruising at 20mph on flat terrain.”
“Now 43 and half blind, Bun clings weakly to the dirty sheets of his bed in a Phnom Penh AIDS hospice, his 73-pound body a skeleton of his former self.”
“We did some fishing there, and I caught a 73-pound peixe de couro, or pintado, a member of the catfish family pictured.”
“The 2. 73-pound Samsung N150 features include seven-hour battery life, Intel Atom N450 1.66”
“Some of the more notable records include Mark Broadway's 12. 73-pound largemouth bass that he caught at Lake Arrowhead in March 2008.”
“Florida Keys residents and visitors have been given a public invitation to join in the release of the 73-pound turtle, at 9: 20 a.m. Sunday at Veteran's Park on Little Duck Key, Mile Marker 40.”
“The 73-pound Martian explorer was conceived by Dr. Colin T. Pillinger of the Open University in Milton Keynes, England.”
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