plate_tectonic_theory (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *plate tectonic theory*:
NOUN	cognition	plate tectonic theory, tectonics, plate tectonics	the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

English > *plate tectonic theory*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
Synonyms	tectonics, plate tectonics
Category of	Pangaea, Pangea	(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
Broader	morphology, geomorphology	The branch of geology that studies the characteristics / characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks / rocks and land forms
Spanish	tectónica de placas, tectónica
Catalan	tectònica de plaques, tectònica

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