intraplate

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adjective

Taking place within a single tectonic plate.

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

adjectiveintraplate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyTaking 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Vulgar Latin*platta
  7. Old Frenchplate
  8. Middle Englishplate
  9. Englishplate
  10. Englishintraplate

From intra- + plate.

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APA

intraplate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraplate

MLA

“intraplate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraplate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intraplate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intraplate.

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