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continental drift

continental drift noun: the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

Noun

continental drift (uncountable)

  1. The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

continental drift meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic

continental drift in Tamil

continental drift
கண்டப்பெயர்ச்சி kaṇṭappeyarcci

continental drift in Bengali

continental drift
মহাদেশীয় প্রবাহ mohadeśiẏo probaho

continental drift in Kannada

ಭೂಖಂಡ ಸರಿತ

continental drift in Arabic

continental drift
اِنْجِرَاف القَارِّيّ injirāf al-qārriyy
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continental drift in Malay
hanyutan benua
continental drift in Thai
การเลื่อนไหลของทวีป gaan lêuan lăi kŏng táwêep
continental drift in Vietnamese
trôi dạt lục địa

Questions about continental drift

What does continental drift mean?
Continental drift means the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.
What is continental drift in Tamil?
Continental drift in Tamil is கண்டப்பெயர்ச்சி (kaṇṭappeyarcci). See Continental drift meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is continental drift?
Continental drift is a noun.

Words near continental drift in the dictionary

  1. continental breakfasts
  2. continental crust
  3. continental crusts
  4. continental divide
  5. continental divides
  6. continental drift
  7. continental drip
  8. continental Europe
  9. continental glacier
  10. continental glaciers
  11. Continental Navy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: continental drift (page history and authors); continental drift (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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