tectonic plate

Main Entry:  tectonic plate
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
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