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crustal plate

–noun Geology.
a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
Also called plate.
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crustal plate

noun
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate
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