semimolten

English

Alternative forms

• semi-molten

Etymology

From semi- +‎ molten.

Adjective

semimolten (not comparable)

1. Partly or somewhat molten.
   • 2015, Joyce A. Quinn, Susan L. Woodward, “Introduction”, in Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features, volumes I: A–L, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page xxxv:

     Simply stated, Earth's plates are “floating” atop a thick semimolten mass called the mantle. Convection currents in the mantle move the plates around the surface of the globe.