Definition of Continental drift
1. Noun. The gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics).
Definition of Continental drift
1. Noun. (geology) the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics ¹
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Literary usage of Continental drift
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1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... of chaotic terrain derived from degradation of a fossil polar cap might be
accounted for in light of present-day theories for continental drift. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... from Antarctica: Evidence for continental drift Abstract. During the austral
summer of 1969-1970 bones of Lower Triassic vertebrates were excavated from ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1904)
"There yet remains, however, to be applied to all that western half or two-fifths
of our continental drift border, from western North Dakota and the lower ..."
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