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plate tectonics

plate tec·ton·ics


noun 
Definition:
 
hypothetical movement of earth's crust plates: a theory that ascribes continental drift, volcanic and seismic activity, and the formation of mountain belts to moving plates of the Earth's crust supported on less rigid mantle rocks ( takes a singular verb )

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