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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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
Process of one crustal plate sliding down and below another crustal plate as the two converge.
The mantle is capable of slow, convective overturn that drives crustal plate motion.
Most of the geothermal activity is found along the crustal plate boundaries where volcanoes and earthquakes occur.
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