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plate tectonics

plate tectonics

 
pronunciation:
pleIt tek ta nihks
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part of speech: noun
definition: (used with a sing. verb) the geologic theory that the earth's crust consists of several independent plates floating on semiliquid magma, whose constant motion is the cause of continental drift, volcanic eruption, and the like.
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