MEANING
The rigid outer layer of a rocky planet, comprising its crust and the rigid uppermost mantle.
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- the lithosphere
- lithospheric plates
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The model showed stresses moving through the lithosphere.
The expedition’s geologist distinguished the lithosphere from the crust alone.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular lithosphere; plural lithospheres. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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