plate tectonics

English

Noun

plate tectonics (uncountable)

1. (geology) The large-scale movement of tectonic plates that contributes to continental drift.

Related terms

• tectonic plate

Translations

large-scale movement of tectonic plates

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 板塊構造／板块构造 (zh), 板块构造 (zh) (bǎnkuài gòuzào)

• Czech: desková tektonika f
• Finnish: laattatektoniikka (fi)
• French: tectonique des plaques f
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• German: Plattentektonik (de) f
• Irish: teicteonaic phlátaí f
• Russian: текто́ника плит f (tektónika plit)
• Spanish: tectónica de placas (es) f

Anagrams

• tectonic plates