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spreading center

[ spred-ing sen-ter ]

noun

, Geology.
  1. a linear zone in the seafloor along which magma rises and from which adjacent crustal plates are moving apart.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spreading center1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Vast streamers of flaming gas leaped and darted about its spreading center.

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