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seafloor spreading en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The outward movement of the seafloor from central underwater ridges as a result of plate tectonics; the major cause of continental drift.
   • However, the recognition of sea-floor spreading made sense of continental splitting without having to invoke earth expansion. 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 143:

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sv oceanbottenspridning (outward movement of the seafloor) · sv havsbottenspridning (outward movement of the seafloor) · fr expansion des fonds océaniques (outward movement of the seafloor) · nb havbunnsspredning (outward movement of the seafloor) · de Ozeanbodenspreizung (outward movement of the seafloor) · nn havbotnspreiing (outward movement of the seafloor) · da oceanbundsspredning (outward movement of the seafloor)