continental drift

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   the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)

   Broadergeological phenomenon

Questions about continental drift

What does continental drift mean?

continental drift means "the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)".

Is continental drift a common word?

continental drift is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.