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tectonic plates

tectonic plates is the plural of tectonic plate.

Meaning of tectonic plate

Noun

tectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)

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

Questions about tectonic plates

What is tectonic plates the plural of?
Tectonic plates is the plural of tectonic plate.

Words near tectonic plates in the dictionary

  1. tectomers
  2. tectonic
  3. tectonic keratoplasties
  4. tectonic keratoplasty
  5. tectonic plate
  6. tectonic plates
  7. tectonic uplift
  8. tectonic uplifts
  9. tectonic weapon
  10. tectonic weapons
  11. tectonically

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