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microcontinent

microcontinent noun: a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.

Noun

microcontinent (plural microcontinents)

  1. A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
    • Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]2013, Biogeography of the terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Seychelles islands, page 30

Forms of microcontinent

pluralmicrocontinents

Origin of microcontinent

From micro- + continent.

Words formed from microcontinent

Questions about microcontinent

What does microcontinent mean?
Microcontinent means a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
What part of speech is microcontinent?
Microcontinent is a noun.
What is the plural of microcontinent?
The plural of microcontinent is microcontinents.

Words near microcontinent in the dictionary

  1. microcontamination
  2. microcontent
  3. microcontext
  4. microcontexts
  5. microcontextual
  6. microcontinent
  7. microcontinental
  8. microcontinents
  9. microcontribution
  10. microcontributions
  11. microcontrolled

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