(n) the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle, Syn. Moho, Example:the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents
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[莫霍洛维奇 / 莫霍洛維奇, Mò huò luò wéi qíㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧˊ] Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho