transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrā-ˌtän, ˈkra- ]
noun
Etymology: German Kraton, modification of Greek kratos strength — more at hard
Date: 1944
: a stable relatively immobile area of the earth's crust that forms the nuclear mass of a continent or the central basin of an ocean
• cra·ton·ic krə-ˈtä-nik, krā-, kra- adjective