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The large-scale movement of tectonic plates that contributes to continental drift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tectonics, plate tectonic theory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morphology, geomorphology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
սալերի տեկտոնիկա
(saleri tektonika)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Belarusian:
тэктоніка пліт
(tektónika plit)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Catalan:
tectònica de plaques
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Chinese Mandarin:
板塊構造 /板块构造
(bǎnkuài gòuzào)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Czech:
desková tektonika
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Dutch:
platentektoniek
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Esperanto:
platotektoniko
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Estonian:
laamtektoonika
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Finnish:
laattatektoniikka
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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French:
tectonique des plaques
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Galician:
tectónica de placas
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Georgian:
ფილების ტექტონიკა
(pilebis ṭekṭoniḳa)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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German:
Plattentektonik
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Hungarian:
lemeztektonika
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Irish:
teicteonaic phlátaí
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Italian:
tettonica a placche
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Italian:
tettonica delle placche
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Japanese:
プレートテクトニクス
(purēto tekutonikusu)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Korean:
판 구조론
(pan gujoron)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Korean:
플레이트 텍토닉스
(peulleiteu tektonikseu)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Polish:
tektonika płyt
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Portuguese:
tectónica de placas
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Russian:
текто́ника плит
(tektónika plit)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Slovak:
platňová tektonika
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Spanish:
tectónica de placas
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Swedish:
plattektonik
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Turkish:
levha tektoniği
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates
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Ukrainian:
тектоніка плит
(tektonika plyt)
— large-scale movement of tectonic plates