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microcontinent

noun

Etymology

From micro- + continent.

  1. derived from continentem
  2. derived from continent
  3. inherited from contynent
  4. prefixed as microcontinent — “micro + continent”

Definitions

  1. A fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.

    • Seychelles can first be considered to have existed 62 mya when the Seychelles microcontinent split from India as a result of intense activity in the Carlsberg ridge which started 64 mya[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microcontinent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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