mantle

1. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.

   Umhang, Mantel

   ма́нтияmántija, манто́mantó

2. (figuratively)A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.

   At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party.

   The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.

3. (figuratively)Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.

   Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung

   anything that covers

4. The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.

   Mantel

   ма́нтияmántija

5. The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

6. The zone of hot gases around a flame.

7. A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)

8. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.

   shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

9. A penstock for a water wheel.

10. The cerebral cortex.

    Hirnrinde, Rinde

11. The layer between Earth's core and crust.

    Erdmantel, Mantel

    ма́нтияmántija

    the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

12. Any similar layer in an exoplanet.

1. Mercury has three main geological layers: a core, a mantle, and a crust.

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2. Magma from the mantle or lower crust rises through its crust towards the surface.

   deMagma aus dem Mantel oder der unteren Kruste steigt durch die Kruste zur Oberfläche empor.

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3. I could see that her fingers were trembling as she undid the fastenings of her mantle.

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4. I gradually became aware that my wife had dressed herself and was slipping on her mantle and her bonnet.

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5. Jupiter's powerful magnetic field is thought to be generated by the electric currents produced by pressurized hydrogen in the mantle.

   deMan geht davon aus, dass das starke Magnetfeld des Jupiter von den elektrischen Strömen erzeugt wird, die von dem unter Druck stehenden Wasserstoff im Mantel hervorgerufen werden.

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