Meanings
nouncontinental drift (uncountable)
- uncountablegeographyThe slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.
Translations
Arabic اِنْجِرَاف القَارِّيّ
- اِنْجِرَاف القَارِّيّ (injirāf al-qārriyy)continental drift
Basque kontinenteen jito
- kontinenteen jitocontinental drift
Bengali মহাদেশীয় প্রবাহ
- মহাদেশীয় প্রবাহ (mohadeśiẏo probaho)continental drift
Bulgarian континентален дрейф
- континентален дрейф (kontinentalen drejf)continental drift
Chinese Mandarin 大陆漂移
- 大陆漂移 (dàlù piāoyí)continental drift
Czech kontinentální drift
- kontinentální driftcontinental drift
Danish kontinentaldrift
- kontinentaldriftcontinental drift
Dutch continentverschuiving
- continentverschuivingcontinental drift
Esperanto kontinenta drivo
- kontinenta drivocontinental drift
Estonian mandrite triiv
- mandrite triivcontinental drift
Finnish mannerten liikkuminen
- mannerten liikkuminencontinental drift
French dérive des continents
- dérive des continentscontinental drift
German Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung
- Kontinentaldriftcontinental drift
- Kontinentalverschiebungcontinental drift
Greek μετατόπιση των ηπείρων
- μετατόπιση των ηπείρων (metatópisi ton ipeíron)continental drift
Hebrew נדידת היבשות
- נדידת היבשותcontinental drift
Irish gluaiseacht ilchríochach
- gluaiseacht ilchríochachcontinental drift
Italian deriva dei continenti
- deriva dei continenticontinental drift
Japanese 大陸移動
- 大陸移動 (tairiku idō)continental drift
Korean 대륙이동
- 대륙이동 (daeryuk idong)continental drift
Lithuanian kontinentų dreifo
- kontinentų dreifocontinental drift
Malay hanyutan benua
- hanyutan benuacontinental drift
Norwegian kontinentaldrift
- kontinentaldriftcontinental drift
Polish wędrówka kontynentów
- wędrówka kontynentówcontinental drift
Portuguese deriva continental
- deriva continentalcontinental drift
Russian дрейф материко́в
- дрейф материко́в (drejf materikóv)continental drift
Slovak pohyb kontinentov
- pohyb kontinentovcontinental drift
Spanish deriva continental, abatimiento continental
- deriva continentalcontinental drift
- abatimiento continentalcontinental drift
Swedish kontinentaldrift
- kontinentaldriftcontinental drift
Tamil கண்டப்பெயர்ச்சி
- கண்டப்பெயர்ச்சி (kaṇṭappeyarcci)continental drift
Thai การเลื่อนไหลของทวีป
- การเลื่อนไหลของทวีป (gaan lêuan lăi kŏng táwêep)continental drift
Ukrainian мобілізм
- мобілізм (mobilizm)continental drift
Vietnamese trôi dạt lục địa
- trôi dạt lục địacontinental drift
Cite this entry
APA
continental drift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continental%20drift
MLA
“continental drift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continental%20drift. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “continental drift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continental%20drift.
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