"tectonic plate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tectonic plates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)
  1. (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics. Wikipedia link: tectonic plate Categories (topical): Geology, Seismology Related terms: plate tectonics Translations (large piece of Earth's lithosphere): صَفِيحَةٌ تِكْتُونِيَّة (ṣafīḥatun tiktūniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), placa tectònica [feminine] (Catalan), 板塊 (Chinese Mandarin), 板块 (bǎnkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), litosférická deska [feminine] (Czech), tektonická deska [feminine] (Czech), tektonische plaat [feminine] (Dutch), mannerlaatta (Finnish), tektoninen laatta (Finnish), plaque tectonique [feminine] (French), ტექტონიკური ფილა (ṭekṭoniḳuri pila) (Georgian), Platte [feminine] (German), tektonische Platte [feminine] (German), τεκτονική πλάκα (tektonikí pláka) [feminine] (Greek), kőzetlemez (Hungarian), landfleki [masculine] (Icelandic), lempeng tektonik (Indonesian), 地殻プレート (chikaku-purēto) (Japanese), pelet (Malay), papaneke (Maori), papanuku (Maori), plate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), płyta tektoniczna [feminine] (Polish), płyta litosfery [feminine] (Polish), placa [feminine] (Portuguese), placa tectónica [feminine] (Portuguese), тектони́ческая плита́ (tektoníčeskaja plitá) [feminine] (Russian), литосфе́рная плита́ (litosférnaja plitá) [feminine] (Russian), плита́ (plitá) [feminine] (Russian), kryha [feminine] (Slovak), placa tectónica [feminine] (Spanish), kontinentalplatta [common-gender] (Swedish), тектоні́чна плита́ (tektoníčna plytá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), літосфе́рна плита́ (litosférna plytá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), плита́ (plytá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), plat tectonig [masculine] (Welsh)

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        "feminine"
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      "word": "ტექტონიკური ფილა"
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      "word": "літосфе́рна плита́"
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    {
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plytá",
      "sense": "large piece of Earth's lithosphere",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "large piece of Earth's lithosphere",
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      "word": "plat tectonig"
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}

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