毕尼奥夫带

bì ní ào fū dài

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Definitions

  1. 1. Benioff zone (geology)
  2. 2. also called Wadati-Benioff zone

Child Words of 毕尼奥夫带

带
dài

band

夫
fū

man

夫
fú

(classical) this, that

奥
ào

obscure

尼
ní

Buddhist nun

毕
bì

the whole of

毕尼奥夫
bì ní ào fū

Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist