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Crustal Plate

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
plate
plural
Crustal Plates
possessive
Crustal Plate's
pluralpossessive
Crustal Plates'