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intraplate

intraplate adjective: taking place within a single tectonic plate.

Adjective

intraplate (not comparable)

  1. Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
    • And what causes these massive intraplate rupturings? Something deep within the Earth.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 189

Origin of intraplate

From intra- + plate.

Questions about intraplate

What does intraplate mean?
Intraplate means taking place within a single tectonic plate.
What part of speech is intraplate?
Intraplate is an adjective.

Words near intraplate in the dictionary

  1. intraplantarly
  2. intraplaque
  3. intraplasmid
  4. intraplastid
  5. intraplastidic
  6. intraplate
  7. intraplateau
  8. intraplatelet
  9. intraplatform
  10. intrapleural
  11. intrapleurally

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