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Definition 2024

tectonic_plate

tectonic plate

English

Noun

tectonic plate ‎(plural tectonic plates)

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

Translations

large pieces of Earth's lithosphere

Chinese:
Mandarin: 板塊 (zh), 板块 (zh) ‎(bǎnkuài)
Finnish: mannerlaatta (fi), tektoninen laatta
French: plaque tectonique (fr) f
German: Platte (de) f
Greek: τεκτονική πλάκα f ‎(tektonikí pláka)

Japanese: 地殻プレート ‎(chikaku-purēto)
Maori: papaneke
Norwegian: plate (no) m, f
Portuguese: placa (pt) f, placa tectónica (pt) f
Russian: тектони́ческая плита́ f ‎(tektoníčeskaja plitá), литосфе́рная плита́ f ‎(litosférnaja plitá), плита́ (ru) f ‎(plitá)
Swahili: bonde la ufa (sw)

Related terms

plate tectonics