PLATE TECTONICS

Meaning of PLATE TECTONICS in English

Geologic theory that the bending (folding) and breaking (faulting) of the solid surface of the earth results from the slow movement of large sections (plates) of that surface.

English glossary Of Geography. Английский глоссарий географии. 2012

PLATE TECTONICS — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1969 a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLATE TECTONICS — Theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper portion of the mantle) is divided into about 12 large plates …
Английский словарь Британика
PLATE TECTONICS — noun plural but singular in construction 1. : a theory that the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLATE TECTONICS — — plate-tectonic , adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLATE TECTONICS — geological theory that is widely accepted today, theory that the Earth's crust is composed of many separate plates which are …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLATE TECTONICS — Date: 1969 1. : a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — Function: noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1969 1 : a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLATE TECTONICS — ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PLATE TECTONICS — [plate tectonics] n pl but sing in constr (1969): a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLATE TECTONICS — theory that the lithosphere (the outer part of solid Earth) is divided into a small number of plates that float …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — noun [ U ] ( geology ) the movements of the large sheets of rock (called plates ) that form …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLATE TECTONICS — ˌplate tecˈtonics BrE AmE noun [uncountable] technical the study of the forming and movement of the large sheets of rock …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLATE TECTONICS — Plate tectonics is the way that large pieces of the earth’s surface move slowly around. ( TECHNICAL ) N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLATE TECTONICS — Plate tectonics is the way that large pieces of the earth’s surface move slowly around. (TECHNICAL) N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLATE TECTONICS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Any plate tectonics model of the Andes must in fact account for the uplift essentially …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — Theory that the Earth's lithosphere (the crust and upper portion of the mantle) is divided into about 12 large plates …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PLATE TECTONICS — (Geology) The concept that both continents and ocean basis are only the emergent parts of large pieces or plates of …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — is the concept that Earth's crust :is composed of rigid plates that move over a less rigid interior. The movements …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — тектоника плит (геология) плитотектоника, тектоника платформ или плит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLATE TECTONICS — Тектоника плит
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PLATE TECTONICS — Тектоника плит
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PLATE TECTONICS — геол. плитотектоника, тектоника платформ или плит
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLATE TECTONICS — геол. плитотектоника, тектоника платформ или плит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PLATE TECTONICS — геол. плитотектоника, тектоника платформ или плит
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PLATE TECTONICS — тектоника плит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
PLATE TECTONICS — тектоника плит (геология) плитотектоника, тектоника платформ или плит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TECTONICS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1899 geological structural features as a whole, 2. a branch of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TECTONICS — Scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such …
Английский словарь Британика
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
TECTONICS — tekˈtäniks noun plural but usually singular in construction Etymology: from tectonic, after such pairs as economic : economics 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TECTONICS — (n.) The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the …
Английский словарь Webster
TECTONICS — (n.) The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and …
Английский словарь Webster
TECTONICS — ( n. ) The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TECTONICS — /tek ton"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) 1. the science or art of assembling, shaping, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLATE — plate 1 — plateless , adj. — platelike , adj. /playt/ , n. , v. , plated, plating . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TECTONICS — n. structural geology, study of the changes and processes taking place in the Earth's crust (Geology); art of building and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
TECTONICS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1899 1. : geological structural features as a whole 2. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TECTONICS — add. ·noun the science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, ·etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use …
Webster English vocab
PLATE — noun a piece of money, usually silver money. 2. plate ·noun a roundel of silver or tinctured argent. 3. plate …
Webster English vocab
TECTONICS — ■ plural noun [treated as sing. or plural ] Geology large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TECTONICS — [tec.ton.ics] n pl but sing or pl in constr (1899) 1: geological structural features as a whole 2. a: a …
Merriam-Webster 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
TECTONICS — scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLATE — / pleɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOOD 1. [ C ] a flat, usually round, dish that …
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
TECTONICS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 Archit. the art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings. 2 Geol. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLATE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TECTONICS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 Archit. the art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings. 2 Geol. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLATE — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TECTONICS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1. Archit. the art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings. 2 Geol. …
Oxford English vocab
PLATE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is …
Oxford English vocab
TECTONICS — see plate tectonics
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
TECTONICS — see plate ~
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
TECTONICS — n. Scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TECTONICS — Synonyms and related words : anatomy, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, build, building, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, creation, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
TECTONICS — сущ. тектоника (специальное) тектоника тектоническая геология, структурная геология tectonics тектоника
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLATE — 1. сущ. 1) а) пластинка, дощечка; доска vanity plate ≈ заказной буквенный номерной знак б) плита, лист, полоса (металла); листовая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TECTONICS — Тектоника
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TECTONICS — tectonics.ogg tekʹtɒnıks n спец. 1. тектоника 2. тектоническая геология, структурная геология
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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

English Glossary Of Geography

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