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Plate Tectonics

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Noun

1. plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics, tectonics

the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

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Plate Tectonics

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noun
(functioning as singular) geology
the study of the structure of the earth's crust and mantle with reference to the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into large rigid blocks (plates) that are floating on semifluid rock and are thus able to interact with each other at their boundaries, and to the associated theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading

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Plate Tectonics

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Geology
the theory that the earth's surface consists of plates, or large crustal slabs, whose constant motion explains continental drift, mountain building, etc.

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Plate Tectonics

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n.
1. (used with a sing. verb) A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The dynamics of plate movement.

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