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Geology. (Usually oldland.) Land which lies behind a coastal plain of more recent origin, esp. where the coastal plain has been built up from…
An area of a continent that has resisted deformation over a (geologically) long period of time.
A large stable block of the earth's crust that has resisted deformation over a (geologically) long period of time; = kratogen, n.