continental drift

English

Noun

continental drift (uncountable)

1. (geology) The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

Translations

continental drift

• Arabic: اِنْجِرَاف القَارِّيّ f (injirāf al-qārriyy)
• Basque: kontinenteen jito (eu)
• Bengali: মহাদেশীয় প্রবাহ (mohadeśiẏo probaho)
• Breton: dilec'hiadur ar c'hevandiroù
• Bulgarian: континентален дрейф m (kontinentalen drejf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大陆漂移 (zh) (dàlù piāoyí)

• Czech: kontinentální drift m
• Danish: kontinentaldrift c
• Dutch: continentverschuiving f
• Esperanto: kontinenta drivo
• Estonian: mandrite triiv
• Faroese: meginlandarák
• Finnish: mannerten liikkuminen
• French: dérive des continents (fr) f
• Galician: deriva continental f
• Georgian: კონტინენტების დრეიფი (ḳonṭinenṭebis dreipi), კონტინენტური დრეიფი (ḳonṭinenṭuri dreipi)
• German: Kontinentaldrift, Kontinentalverschiebung f
• Greek: μετατόπιση των ηπείρων f (metatópisi ton ipeíron)
• Hebrew: נדידת היבשות
• Irish: gluaiseacht ilchríochach f
• Italian: deriva dei continenti f
• Japanese: 大陸移動 (たいりくいどう, tairiku idō)
• Korean: 대륙이동 (daeryuk idong)
• Lithuanian: kontinentų dreifo
• Malay: hanyutan benua
• Norwegian: kontinentaldrift
• Polish: wędrówka kontynentów f
• Portuguese: deriva continental f
• Russian: дрейф материко́в m (drejf materikóv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: померање континената n, помицање континената n

  Roman: pomeranje kontinenata n, pomicanje kontinenata n

• Slovak: pohyb kontinentov m
• Spanish: deriva continental f
• Swedish: kontinentaldrift c
• Tamil: கண்டப்பெயர்ச்சி (kaṇṭappeyarcci)
• Thai: การเลื่อนไหลของทวีป (gaan lêuan lăi kŏng táwêep)
• Ukrainian: мобілізм (uk) m (mobilizm)
• Vietnamese: trôi dạt lục địa