tectonic plate

English

Noun

tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)

(geology) Any of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.

Related terms

plate tectonics

Translations

large piece of Earth's lithosphere

Chinese:
Mandarin: 板塊 (zh), 板块 (zh) (bǎnkuài)
Czech: litosférická deska f, tektonická deska f
Finnish: mannerlaatta (fi), tektoninen laatta
French: plaque tectonique (fr) f
German: Platte (de) f
Greek: τεκτονική πλάκα f (tektonikí pláka)
Hungarian: kőzetlemez (hu)

Japanese: 地殻プレート (chikaku-purēto)
Maori: papaneke
Norwegian: plate (no) m or f
Portuguese: placa (pt) f, placa tectónica (pt) f
Russian: тектони́ческая плита́ f (tektoníčeskaja plitá), литосфе́рная плита́ f (litosférnaja plitá), плита́ (ru) f (plitá)
Spanish: placa tectónica f
Swahili: bonde la ufa (sw)

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