tectonic plate
Noun
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Noun
tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)
- (geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.
- French: plaque tectonique
- German: Platte, tektonische Platte
- Portuguese: placa, placa tectónica
- Russian: тектони́ческая плита́
- Spanish: placa tectónica
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