platetectonics

platetectonics
plate tectonics n.
1. (used with a sing. verb) A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates.
2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)The dynamics of plate movement.
  plateʹ-tec·tonʹic (plātʹtĕk-tŏnʹĭk) adj.

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