Plate Tectonics. The concept that describes and explains how the most significant features on the Earth's surface are produced by processes within the Earth when it acts units at the Earth's surface called plates. As a result, the plates to move around, and change in size and number over time.
The noun SPENSERIAN SONNET has 1 sense: 1. a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee. Familiarity information: SPENSERIAN SONNET used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details. â¢ SPENSERIAN SONNET (noun).
Full Definition of SONNET. : a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme; also: a poem in this pattern. See sonnet defined for English-language learners.See sonnet defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme; also: a poem in this pattern. See sonnet defined for English-language learners.