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Deutsche Kontinentaldrift Synonyme

Englische continental drift Synonyme

Kontinentaldrift Definition

Continental
(a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.
Continental
(a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England
Continental
(a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War
Continental
(n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
Drift
(n.) A driving
Drift
(n.) The act or motion of drifting
Drift
(n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven
Drift
(n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like
Drift
(n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along
Drift
(n.) Anything driven at random.
Drift
(n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water
Drift
(n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
Drift
(n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Drift
(n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
Drift
(n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river.
Drift
(n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it
Drift
(n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Drift
(n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
Drift
(n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft
Drift
(n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Drift
(n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
Drift
(n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
Drift
(n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
Drift
(n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Drift
(n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
Drift
(v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air
Drift
(v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind
Drift
(v. i.) to make a drift
Drift
(v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
Drift
(v. t.) To drive into heaps
Drift
(v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
Drift
(a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted

continental drift Bedeutung

drift
heading
gallery 		a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine, they dug a drift parallel with the vein
drift net a large fishnet supported by floats, it drifts with the current
eiderdown
duvet
continental quilt 		a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
drift
purport 		the pervading meaning or tenor, caught the general drift of the conversation
drift trend
movement 		a general tendency to change (as of opinion), not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book, a broad movement of the electorate to the right
continental breakfast
petit dejeuner 		a breakfast that usually includes a roll and coffee or tea
Continental Congress the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution, they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation
Continental Army the American army during the American Revolution
continental divide the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
continental glacier a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice
continental shelf the relatively shallow (up to meters) seabed surrounding a continent
continental slope
bathyal zone
bathyal district 		the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
drift a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
drift ice masses of ice floating in the open sea
continental drift the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
drift
impetus
impulsion 		a force that moves something along
European plan
continental plan 		a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
drift the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
drift a process of linguistic change over a period of time
fall asleep
dope off
flake out
drift off
nod off
drop off
doze off
drowse off 		change from a waking to a sleeping state, he always falls asleep during lectures
drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current, snow drifting several feet high, sand drifting like snow
drift be subject to fluctuation, The stock market drifted upward
drift drive slowly and far afield for grazing, drift the cattle herds westwards
drift apart
drift away 		lose personal contact over time, The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married
drift cause to be carried by a current, drift the boats downstream
c roll wander
swan
stray tramp roam
cast ramble rove
range
drift vagabond
cccbb 		move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment, The gypsies roamed the woods, roving vagabonds, the wandering Jew, The cattle roam across the prairie, the laborers drift from one town to the next, They rolled from town to town
float
drift be adrift
blow 		be in motion due to some air or water current, The leaves were blowing in the wind, the boat drifted on the lake, The sailboat was adrift on the open sea, the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
drift move in an unhurried fashion, The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
stray
err
drift 		wander from a direct course or at random, The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her, don't drift from the set course
freewheel
drift 		live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely, My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
drift vary or move from a fixed point or course, stock prices are drifting higher
continental being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe, the continental United States, continental Europe, continental waters
continental of or relating to or characteristic of a continent, the continental divide, continental drift
Continental of or pertaining to or typical of Europe, a Continental breakfast
continental of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army, the Continental Congress
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Die Theorie der Kontinentaldrift, auch Kontinentalverschiebung genannt, beschreibt die langsame Bewegung, Aufspaltung und Vereinigung von Kontinenten. Erste Hypothesen zur Kontinentaldrift führten im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert zu einer allmählichen Abkehr vom Fixismus hin zum Mobilismus. Die Bewegung der Erdteile ist heute Bestandteil der Theorie der Plattentektonik.

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