板块构造
bǎn​kuài​gòu​zào

plate tectonics

  • created sense approved 板块构造/板塊構造 · bǎn​kuài​gòu​zào · plate tectonics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    板块构造 / 板塊構造

    bǎn​kuài​gòu​zào

    plate tectonics

    The geological theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and the resulting interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

    板块 (literal) → 板块/板塊 · bǎn​kuài · tectonic plate 构造 (literal) → 构造/構造 · gòu​zào · structure

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