interplate

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adjective

between tectonic plates

OriginEnglish plate ← Middle English plate ← Old French plate →
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Meanings

adjectiveinterplate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographybetween tectonic plates

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Vulgar Latin*platta
  8. Old Frenchplate
  9. Middle Englishplate
  10. Englishplate
  11. Englishinterplate

From inter- + plate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

eletriptan
Cite this entry
APA

interplate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interplate

MLA

“interplate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interplate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interplate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interplate.

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