continental drift

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continental drift

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  1. uncountable The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

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noun continental drift

Españolderiva continental, abatimiento continental
한국어대륙이동 daeryuk idong
日本語大陸移動 tairiku idō
中文大陆漂移 dàlù piāoyí
Portuguêsderiva continental
Françaisdérive des continents
DeutschKontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung
Italianoderiva dei continenti
Ελληνικάμετατόπιση των ηπείρων metatópisi ton ipeíron
Русскийдрейф материко́в drejf materikóv
Tiếng Việttrôi dạt lục địa
العربيةاِنْجِرَاف القَارِّيّ injirāf al-qārriyy
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@misc{continental_drift_2026,
  title = {continental drift},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/continental%20drift},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}