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| | | | | Continental drift | ทวีปเลื่อน [วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี] | | Continental Island | เกาะริมทวีป, Example: เกาะที่ตั้งอยู่ตามชายฝั่งทะเล หรือไม่ไกลจากแผ่นดินมากนัก เกาะริมทวีป ส่วนใหญ่จะมีลักษณะทางธรณีวิทยาคล้ายคลึงกับแผ่นดินใหญ่ที่อยู่ใกล้เคียง เนื่องจากเดิมเคยเป็นแผ่นดินเดียวกัน ต่อมาภายหลังจึงถูกตัดขาดแยกออกไป เพราะการเคลื่อนไหวของเปลือกโลกหรือการกัดเซาะของคลื่นและกระแสน้ำ [สิ่งแวดล้อม] | | continental sea | continental sea, ทะเลภายใน [เทคนิคด้านการชลประทานและการระบายน้ำ] | | Continental shelf | ไหล่ทวีป [TU Subject Heading] | | continental shelf | ไหล่ทวีป ไหล่ทวีปของรัฐชายฝั่งประกอบด้วย พื้นดินท้องทะเลและดินใต้ผิวดินของบริเวณใต้ทะเล ซึ่งขยายเลยทะเลอาณาเขตของรัฐตลอดส่วนต่อออกไปตามธรรมชาติของดินแดนทางบกของ ตนจนถึงริมนอกของขอบทวีป หรือจนถึงระยะ 200 ไมล์ทะเลจากเส้นฐานซึ่งใช้วัดความกว้างของทะเลอาณาเขตในกรณีที่ริมนอกของ ขอบทวีปขยายไปไม่ถึงระยะนั้น [การทูต] |
| | | | ไหล่ทวีป | (n) continental shelf, Example: ทีมงานขุดเจาะสำรวจหาปริมาณน้ำมันในพื้นที่ทะเลในส่วนที่เป็นไหล่ทวีป, Count Unit: แห่ง, Thai Definition: บริเวณใต้น้ำทะเลรอบๆ ทวีป ซึ่งมีความลาดเอียงน้อยๆ แผ่ยื่นออกไปจากฝั่งทะเล นับจากแนวน้ำลงต่ำสุดลงไป |
| | ไหล่ทวีป | [laithawīp] (n) EN: continental shelf | | ลมว่าว | [lomwao] (n) EN: wind that blows from north to south in winter FR: vent hivernal du nord [ m ] ; vent continental [ m ] | | สายการบินคอนติเนนตัลแอร์ไลน์ส | [Sāikānbin Khøntinēntal Aēlai] (tm) EN: Continental Airlines FR: Continental Airlines | | ทะเลไหล่ทวีป | [thalē laithawip] (n, exp) EN: epicontinental sea | | ทฤษฎีทวีปจร | [thritsadī thawīp jøn] (n, exp) EN: theory of continental drift |
| | | | continental | (adj) of or pertaining to or typical of Europe | | continental | (adj) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War | | continental | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent | | continental | (adj) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe, Ant. intercontinental | | continental army | (n) the American army during the American Revolution | | continental breakfast | (n) a breakfast that usually includes a roll and coffee or tea, Syn. petit dejeuner | | continental congress | (n) the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation | | continental divide | (n) the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico) | | continental drift | (n) the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics) | | continental glacier | (n) a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice |
| | Continental | a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. [ 1913 Webster ] The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the “Ministerial army.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
Continental Congress. See under Congress. --
Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Continental | n. 1. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army. See Continental, a., 3. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Amer. Hist.) a piece of the Continental currency, paper money issued under authority of the Continental Congress. See Continental, a., 3. [ 1913 Webster ] "Not worth a continental." was said of Continental currency after the American revolution, when it was considered almost worthless. Eventually, under Alexander Hamilton's direction at the Treasury department, the currency was all redeemed at full value. [ PJC ] | | Continental drift | . the movements of continents relative to each other across the Earth's surface; see plate tectonics. [ PJC ] | | Continental drive | . (Automobiles) A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Continental glacier | . A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central névé, or region of accumulation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Continental pronunciation | def>A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Continental system | . (Hist.) The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the
Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the
Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| | 大陆架 | [dà lù jià, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ, 大 陆 架 / 大 陸 架] continental shelf #50,271 [Add to Longdo] | | 大陆漂移 | [dà lù piāo yí, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧˊ, 大 陆 漂 移 / 大 陸 漂 移] continental drift #101,338 [Add to Longdo] | | 大陆坡 | [dà lù pō, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄆㄛ, 大 陆 坡 / 大 陸 坡] continental slope (boundary of continental shelf) #305,450 [Add to Longdo] | | 大陆块 | [dà lù kuài, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ, 大 陆 块 / 大 陸 塊] continental plates (geol.) #306,652 [Add to Longdo] | | 陆坡 | [lù pō, ㄌㄨˋ ㄆㄛ, 陆 坡 / 陸 坡] continental slope (boundary of continental shelf) [Add to Longdo] | | 陆架 | [lù jià, ㄌㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ, 陆 架 / 陸 架] continental shelf [Add to Longdo] |
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