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  • noun A hole drilled through the Earth's crust into the Mohorovičić discontinuity, part of a scientific project of the 1960s.

Etymologies

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Blend of Mohorovičić discontinuity and hole

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Examples

  • Mohole himself has worked with giants such as Steve Lacy and John Tchicai.

    DEBATING CASTELLS AND CARNOY ON THE NETWORK SOCIETY1 1999

  • The last attempt to drill into the mantle, Project Mohole, was conducted in 1961.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • And I'll tell you, we're excited about the possibility of revisiting what was a very famous engineering drilling project years and years ago, decades ago called Project Mohole, the idea drilling through a very thin part of the crust into Earth's mantle.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Mohole in Bionic Commando .... that's right Mohole board games.

    Gaming Nexus 2009

  • And I'll tell you, we're excited about the possibility of revisiting what was a very famous engineering drilling project years and years ago, decades ago called Project Mohole, the idea drilling through a very thin part of the crust into Earth's mantle.

    Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • So we might actually be able to achieve this Project Mohole, to drill down there and actually bring up a piece of the mantle and find out how much carbon's down there, find out other things about Earth's interior.

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Mohole in Bionic Commando .... that's right Mohole board games.

    Gaming Nexus 2009

  • Mohole in Bionic Commando .... that's right Mohole board games.

    Gaming Nexus 2009

  • Mohole in Bionic Commando .... that's right Mohole board games.

    Gaming Nexus 2009

  • Mohole in Bionic Commando .... that's right Mohole board games.

    Gaming Nexus 2009

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