continental, drift Example Sentence:

In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continental drift, that Earth's continents were mobile.

⇑ Translate the sentence above by Google ⇑

Related: continental, drift

Prev: Grey wolves once were seen in much of the continental United States.

Next: Earth's internal heat, fueled by radioactivity, provides the energy for plate tectonics and continental drift, mountain building, and earthquakes.