Definition
Relating to or characteristic of a craton; stable and ancient in geological terms, with minimal deformation over extremely long time periods.
Etymology
From craton + -ic (suffix forming adjectives). This geological term describes the properties and behavior of ancient, stable crustal blocks.
Kelly Says
The cratonic interiors of continents are so stable that they're used as the 'baseboards' for measuring how much Earth's crust deforms elsewhere—they're geology's reference frame.
Translations
ARالعربية
كراتوني
karatūnī
BNবাংলা
ক্র্যাটোনিক
kra-to-nik
CACatalà
cratònic
kra-to-nik
CSČeština
kratonický
kra-to-ni-cky
DADansk
kratonisk
kra-to-nis
DEDeutsch
kratonisch
kra-to-ni-sch
ELΕλληνικά
κρατονικός
kraton-ikos
ESEspañol
cratónico
kra-to-ni-ko
FISuomi
kratoninen
kra-to-ni-nen
FRFrançais
cratonique
kra-to-nik
GUGU
ક્રેટોનિક
kre-to-ni-k
HEעברית
cratonic
kra-to-nik
HIहिन्दी
क्रेटोनिक
kratoni-k
HUMagyar
kratonikus
kra-to-ni-kus
IDBahasa Indonesia
cratonic
kra-to-nik
ITItaliano
cratonico
kra-to-ni-ko
JA日本語
クレートニック
kure-to-nikku
KKKK
көлемелік
kole-me-lik
KMKM
ក្រាតូនិច
kra-tou-ni-ch
MRMR
क्रॅटोनिक
kra-to-nik
MSBahasa Melayu
cratonic
kra-to-nik
MYမြန်မာ
ကရက်တိုနစ်
ka-ret-to-ni-t
NLNederlands
cratonisch
kra-to-ni-sch
NONorsk
kratonisk
kra-to-nis
PAPA
ਕ੍ਰੇਟੋਨਿਕ
kra-to-nik
PLPolski
kratoniczny
kra-to-ni-ch-ny
PTPortuguês
cratónico
kra-to-ni-ko
RORomână
cratonic
kra-to-nik
RUРусский
кратоновый
kratono-voy
SVSvenska
kratonisk
kra-to-nis
SWKiswahili
cratonic
kra-to-nik
TAதமிழ்
கிரேட்டோனிக்
gira-e-to-nik
TEతెలుగు
క్రేటోనీక్
kre-to-ni-k
THไทย
เครตโตนิก
khrat-to-nik
TRTürkçe
kratonik
kra-to-nik
UKУкраїнська
кратоновий
kratono-vyy
URاردو
کراتونک
kara-to-nik
VITiếng Việt
cratonic
kra-to-nik
ZUZU
ikratoni
i-kra-to-ni