Moho

/ ˈməʊhəʊ /

noun

1. short for Mohorovičić discontinuity

Moho

/ mō′hō′ /

1. The Mohorovičić discontinuity.

Example Sentences

The Moho lies some 35 kilometers below thick continental crust.

From Science Magazine

The Moho braccatus was declared endangered in 1973, and by the early 1980s its population had dwindled to two, one male and one female.

From New York Times

He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the layer immediately below, the mantle; this zone has been known ever since as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho for short.

From Literature

And after that, he and his colleagues hope to use the Japanese drill ship Chikyu in the project’s third phase to drill all the way to the Moho.

From Nature

In particular, Prof MacLeod is keen to probe the so-called Moho boundary.

From BBC