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Spanish: plataforma continental.

Specialty Expressions: continental platform

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Continental platform	Mining	1: Continental platforms are the regions adjacent to and surrounding the continental shields. They are typically a relatively thin veneer of sedimentary rock that buries the edges of the shields. (references)
		2: The platform like mass of a continent that stands above the surrounding oceanic basins. Syn.for continental shelf. (references)
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Synonym: continental platform
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Expression	continental shelf.
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Computed Synonyms: continental platform

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	7.9992	continental platform	continental shelf	shelf, continental, coastal shelf, continental shell, continental segment
2	3.0082	continental platform	shelf	rack, ledge, board, bracket, plate
3	2.3286	continental platform	coastal shelf	continental shelf, shelf
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Translations: continental platform

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya	الجرف القاري (continental platform, continental shelf). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha	الجرف القاري (continental platform, continental shelf). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic	الجرف القاري (continental platform, continental shelf). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch	der Festlandssockel (continental platform, continental shelf, shelf). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	plateau continental (continental shelf, shelf, coastal shelf, continental platform, continental segment). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
French	plateau continental (continental shelf, shelf, coastal shelf, continental platform, continental segment). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
German	der Festlandssockel (continental platform, continental shelf, shelf). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic	الجرف القاري (continental platform, continental shelf). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	der Festlandssockel (continental platform, continental shelf, shelf). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	der Festlandssockel (continental platform, continental shelf, shelf). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian	piattaforma continentale (continental shelf, continental platform). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian	континентальная платформа (continental platform, continental shelf), континентальный шельф (continental shelf, continental platform, shelf). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration)	kontinentalʹnaya platforma (continental platform, continental shelf), kontinentalʹnyy shelʹf (continental shelf, continental platform, shelf). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki	континентальная платформа (continental platform, continental shelf), континентальный шельф (continental shelf, continental platform, shelf). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration)	kontinentalʹnaya platforma (continental platform, continental shelf), kontinentalʹnyy shelʹf (continental shelf, continental platform, shelf). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	plataforma continental (continental shelf, coastal shelf, continental platform). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, continental platform. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

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