Indo-Australian Plate

[ in-doh-aw-streyl-yuhn ]

/ ˈɪn doʊ ɔˈstreɪl yən /

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noun Geology.

a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising India and the Australian continent and adjacent suboceanic basins (the Tasman, South Australian, Mid-Indian, Cocos, and Australian Basins); separated from the Eurasian Plate by the Java Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the Tonga and Kermadec Trenches, and from the African Plate by a series of mid-ocean ridges (the Carlsberg, Mid-Indian, and Southeast Indian Ridges).

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Words nearby Indo-Australian Plate

individuate, individuation, indivisible, indo-, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Australian Plate, Indo-Canadian, Indo-Caribbean, Indochina, Indochinese, indocile

How to use Indo-Australian Plate in a sentence

Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.
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Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.
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The young man had the presence of mind to tail Gaylard Williams out of the park and jot down his license plate.
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Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.
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An Australian woman in her late twenties told me she was an “honorary Jew” with no actual Jewish heritage.
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Well, the pudding moment arrived, and a huge slice almost obscured from sight the plate before us.
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He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?"
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We sat down pell-mell, anywhere, I next to Liszt, who kept putting things on my plate.
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Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the Narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.
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He silenced her with a gesture, and, leaving a piece of toast half-eaten on his plate, he got up and went into his study.
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