Meanings
nountectonic plate (plural tectonic plates)
plural tectonic plates
- geographyAny of several large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere which participate in plate tectonics.
Translations
Arabic صَفِيحَةٌ تِكْتُونِيَّة
- صَفِيحَةٌ تِكْتُونِيَّة (ṣafīḥatun tiktūniyya)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Bulgarian тектонична плоча
- тектонична плоча (tektonična ploča)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Catalan placa tectònica
- placa tectònicalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Chinese Mandarin 板塊 /板块
- 板塊 /板块 (bǎnkuài)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Czech litosférická deska, tektonická deska
- litosférická deskalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- tektonická deskalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Dutch tektonische plaat
- tektonische plaatlarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Finnish mannerlaatta, tektoninen laatta
- mannerlaattalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- tektoninen laattalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
French plaque tectonique
- plaque tectoniquelarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
German Platte, tektonische Platte
- Plattelarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- tektonische Plattelarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Greek τεκτονική πλάκα
- τεκτονική πλάκα (tektonikí pláka)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Hungarian kőzetlemez
- kőzetlemezlarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Icelandic landfleki
- landflekilarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Indonesian lempeng tektonik
- lempeng tektoniklarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Japanese 地殻プレート
- 地殻プレート (chikaku-purēto)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Malay pelet
- peletlarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Māori papaneke, papanuku
- papanekelarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- papanukularge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Norwegian plate
- platelarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Polish płyta tektoniczna, płyta litosfery
- płyta tektonicznalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- płyta litosferylarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Portuguese placa tectónica, placa tectônica
- placa tectónicalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- placa tectônicalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
- placalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Russian тектони́ческая плита́, литосфе́рная плита́
- тектони́ческая плита́ (tektoníčeskaja plitá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
- литосфе́рная плита́ (litosférnaja plitá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
- плита́ (plitá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Slovak kryha
- kryhalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Spanish placa tectónica
- placa tectónicalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Swedish kontinentalplatta
- kontinentalplattalarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Ukrainian тектоні́чна плита́, літосфе́рна плита́
- тектоні́чна плита́ (tektoníčna plytá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
- літосфе́рна плита́ (litosférna plytá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
- плита́ (plytá)large piece of Earth's lithosphere
Welsh plat tectonig
- plat tectoniglarge piece of Earth's lithosphere
Cite this entry
APA
tectonic plate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tectonic%20plate
MLA
“tectonic plate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tectonic%20plate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tectonic plate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tectonic%20plate.
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