ASTHENOSPHERE


Meaning of ASTHENOSPHERE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ as-ˈthe-nə-ˌsfir ]

noun

Etymology: Greek asthenēs weak + English -o- + sphere

Date: 1914

: a zone of a celestial body (as the earth) which lies beneath the lithosphere and within which the material is believed to yield readily to persistent stresses

• as·theno·spher·ic -ˌthe-nə-ˈsfir-ik, -ˈsfer- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.