Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See centrosphere.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The earth's interior, an inner core known to be of greater density than the crust: so named from this property.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Geol.) The heavy interior portion of the earth, within the lithosphere.
Etymologies
- Greek barus 'heavy' + sphere. (Wiktionary)
- Greek barus, heavy; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots + sphere. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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