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Term: Continental drift

noun

sense 1: In geology, the gradual movement and shifting of the Earth's continents over time due to the movement of tectonic plates.

Sample sentence: Continental drift is responsible for the current positions of the continents and the formation of mountain ranges.

sense 2: A concept put forth by Alfred Wegener in the early 20th century, proposing that the continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent and have since moved apart across the Earth's surface.

Sample sentence: Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift revolutionized our understanding of Earth's geological history.

adjective

sense: Pertaining to or involving the movement and drifting of continents.

Sample sentence: Plate tectonics is the fundamental theory explaining the continental drift processes.

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