Meaning of プレート in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level プレート

Romaji purēto

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

Examples of , プレート in a sentence

この板状の固い岩石の層をプレートと呼ぶ。

We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.
近年では、クエーサーの観測を応用したVLBIと呼ばれる方法やGPSによって、プレートの絶対運動も理解され始めている。

In recent years, with a method called VLBI that uses quasar observations, and by GPS we have begun to understand the absolute movement of tectonic plates.

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