tectonic plate

English

Noun

tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)

1. (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.

Related terms

• plate tectonics

Translations

large piece of Earth's lithosphere

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 板塊／板块 (zh) (bǎnkuài), 板块 (zh) (bǎnkuài)

• Czech: litosférická deska f, tektonická deska f
• Finnish: mannerlaatta (fi), tektoninen laatta
• French: plaque tectonique (fr) f
• German: Platte (de) f, tektonische Platte f
• Greek: τεκτονική πλάκα f (tektonikí pláka)
• Hungarian: kőzetlemez (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 地殻プレート (chikaku-purēto)
• Malay: pelet
• Maori: papaneke
• Norwegian: plate (no) m or f
• Portuguese: placa (pt) f, placa tectónica (pt) f
• Russian: тектони́ческая плита́ f (tektoníčeskaja plitá), литосфе́рная плита́ f (litosférnaja plitá), плита́ (ru) f (plitá)
• Spanish: placa tectónica f
• Swahili: bonde la ufa (sw)