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continental drift

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
con-ti-nen-tal -drift
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does continental drift mean?
The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

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