tectonic plates

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Definition of tectonic plates in English English dictionary: plural form of tectonic plate; Huge blocks of the earth's crust that slide around slowly, pulling apart to open new ocean basins or crashing ponderously into each other to create new, larger landmasses; the pieces that compose the surface of the earth; 70-mile-thick blocks of the earth's crust on which the continents ride; the mobile pieces of the lithosphere overlying the asthenosphere; A rigid section of Earth's crust that moves relative to other such sections on the Earth's surface (see also crust); The large, thin, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth
tectonic plate: any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics
tectonic plate: plate

tectonic plates

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tec·to·nic plates

tektänîk pleyts

/tekˈtänək ˈplāts/ /tɛkˈtɑːnɪk ˈpleɪts/

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