DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Meaning of DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY in English

In the theory of Plate Tectonics, a boundary between two plates that make up the crust of the earth. The boundary is characterized by a chasm between the two plates, filled with molten rock from within the earth.

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DIVERGENT — adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, divergens, present participle of divergere Date: 1696 1. diverging from each other , differing from each …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLATE — I. ˈplāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from plate, feminine of plat, adjective, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — dīˈvərjənt, -və̄j-, -vəij- also də̇ˈv- or ˈdī|v- adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin divergent-, divergens, present participle of divergere 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — (a.) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVERGENT — (a.) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVERGENT — (a.) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; …
Английский словарь Webster
DIVERGENT — ( a. ) Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — ( a. ) Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — ( a. ) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLATE — plate 1 — plateless , adj. — platelike , adj. /playt/ , n. , v. , plated, plating . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — — divergently , adv. /di verr"jeuhnt, duy-/ , adj. 1. diverging; differing; deviating. 2. pertaining to or causing divergence. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUNDARY — /bown"deuh ree, -dree/ , n. , pl. boundaries . 1. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — adj. branching off from a common point, going off in different directions from a center
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PLATE — I. ˈplāt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from plate, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin * plattus, probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIVERGENT — adjective Etymology: Latin divergent-, divergens, present participle of divergere Date: 1696 1. a. : diverging from each other divergent paths …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLATE — noun a piece of money, usually silver money. 2. plate ·noun a roundel of silver or tinctured argent. 3. plate …
Webster English vocab
DIVERGENT — adj causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens. 2. divergent ·adj fig.: disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a …
Webster English vocab
DIVERGENT — ■ adjective 1》 diverging. 2》 (of thought) using a variety of premises and avoiding common assumptions in making deductions. Derivatives …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PLATE — [plate] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. plate, fem. of plat flat, fr. (assumed) VL plattus, prob. fr. Gk platys broad, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIVERGENT — [di.ver.gent] adj [L divergent-, divergens, prp. of divergere] (1696) 1 a: diverging from each other b: differing from each other …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIVERGENT — divergent BrE AmE ( ˌ ) daɪ ˈvɜːdʒ ə nt dɪ-, də- AmE \ də ˈvɝːdʒ- daɪ- —but with contrastive …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLATE — / pleɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOOD 1. [ C ] a flat, usually round, dish that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — ➡ diverge
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOUNDARY — / ˈbaʊndri; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. a real or imagined line that marks the limits or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLATE — I. plate 1 S2 W2 /pleɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,3,7: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: plat …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIVERGENT — See main entry: ↑ diverge
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOUNDARY — bound ‧ a ‧ ry /ˈbaʊnd ə ri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural boundaries ) [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLATE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIVERGENT — adj. 1 diverging. 2 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach a variety of possible solutions when analysing a problem. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOUNDARY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a line marking the limits of an area, territory, etc. (the fence is the boundary; boundary …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLATE — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — adj. 1 diverging. 2 Psychol. (of thought) tending to reach a variety of possible solutions when analysing a problem. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOUNDARY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a line marking the limits of an area, territory, etc. (the fence is the boundary; boundary …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLATE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Oxford English vocab
BOUNDARY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a line marking the limits of an area, territory, etc. (the fence is the boundary; boundary …
Oxford English vocab
PLATE — ( plates) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A plate is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — Divergent things are different from each other. ( FORMAL ) ...two people who have divergent views on this question... ADJ …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVERGENT — Divergent things are different from each other. (FORMAL) ...two people who have ~ views on this question... ADJ: usu ADJ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLATE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a soup bowl/plate ▪ Russell pushed his empty soup bowl away. collection plate fashion …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOUNDARY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE clear ▪ There is no clear boundary between the measures that can be adopted …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIVERGENT — [adjective]Which country's economy is the most divergent from the European average?They hold widely divergent opinions on controversial issues like abortion.
Cambridge English vocab
BOUNDARY — [noun] [C] - an often imaginary line that marks the edge or limit of somethingWe crossed the state boundary at …
Cambridge English vocab
PLATE — Synonyms and related words : Chateaubriand, alveolar ridge, anodized aluminum, antepast, armor, backing, bibliofilm, billhead, bipack, black-and-white film, blade roast, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOUNDARY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVERGENT — adj. Divergent is used with these nouns: ↑ path , ↑ thinking , ↑ view
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOUNDARY — noun 1 line that marks the limits of a place ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ northern , southern , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOUNDARY — n. 25B6; noun the boundary between Israel and Jordan : BORDER, frontier, borderline, partition. the boundary between art and advertising …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVERGENT — adj. differing, different, dissimilar, disparate, variant, separate, diverging, disagreeing, conflicting, discrepant There are divergent theories about the origin of the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BOUNDARY — noun BAD : The country shares boundaries with Ruanda and Burundi. GOOD : The country shares borders with Ruanda and …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PLATE — 1. сущ. 1) а) пластинка, дощечка; доска vanity plate ≈ заказной буквенный номерной знак б) плита, лист, полоса (металла); листовая …
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DIVERGENT — прил. 1) а) расходящийся (в разные стороны) б) оптика рассеивающий (о линзе) 2) отличающийся, отклоняющийся; дивергентный расходящийся (о лучах и …
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BOUNDARY — сущ. граница, межа (between) to draw, fix, set boundary ≈ провести границу to redraw a boundary ≈ пересмотреть границу to …
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PLATE — plate.ogg 1. pleıt n 1. 1> тарелка dinner soup plate - мелкая глубокая тарелка plate of soup of meat - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIVERGENT — divergent.ogg daıʹvɜ:dʒ(ə)nt a 1. расходящийся ( о лучах и т. п. ) divergent series - мат. расходящийся ряд they took …
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BOUNDARY — boundary.ogg ʹbaʋnd(ə)rı n 1. 1> граница; межа boundary dispute sign, commission, waters - пограничный спор знак, -ая комиссия, -ые воды …
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PLATE
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BOUNDARY — 1) граница; предел; порог; контур 2) поверхность раздела; граница раздела; линия раздела 3) с.-х. межа 4) граничный, краевой • - …
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PLATE
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BOUNDARY — 1) граница; предел; порог; контур 2) поверхность раздела; граница раздела; линия раздела 3) с.-х. межа 4) граничный, краевой • - acceptance boundary - air traffic control …
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PLATE
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DIVERGENT — 1) дивергентный; дивергирующий 2) несходящийся; расходящийся 3) отклоняющийся 4) отличающийся, отличный • - absolutely divergent - compactly divergent - conditionally divergent - crudely divergent - definitely divergent - delicately divergent - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOUNDARY — 1) граница; предел; порог; рубеж; край; контур 2) граница раздела 3) с.-х. межа 4) граничный; краевой; пограничный; предельный; разграничивающий • compact set with boundary — компакт …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOUNDARY — boundary сущ.граница, межа ( between) to draw, fix, set boundary — провести границу to redraw a boundary — пересмотреть границу …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLATE — 1. pleıt n 1. 1> тарелка dinner soup plate - мелкая глубокая тарелка plate of soup of meat - тарелка …
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