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tectonic

English

Etymology

1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (tektonikós, “pertaining to building”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (tékt?n, “carpenter, joiner, maker”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to make”) (from which also texture). In sense of geology, attested 1894. Surface analysis is ?????? (tékt?n) +? -ic (“pertaining to”).

Adjective

tectonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to construction or to architecture
  2. (biology) Structural
  3. (geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's lithosphere
  4. (figuratively) momentous, utter, vast

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  • concetti

Romanian

Etymology

From French tectonique

Adjective

tectonic m or n (feminine singular tectonic?, masculine plural tectonici, feminine and neuter plural tectonice)

  1. tectonic

Declension

tectonic From the web:

  • what tectonic plate do we live on
  • what tectonic plate is california on
  • what tectonic plate is hawaii on
  • what tectonic plate is texas on
  • what tectonic plates cause earthquakes
  • what tectonic plate is los angeles on
  • what tectonic activity formed the himalayas
  • what tectonic plate is yellowstone on

tectonics

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (tékt?n, “builder”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: t?k-t?n'?ks
  • Rhymes: -?n?ks

Noun

tectonics (uncountable)

  1. (geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
  2. (architecture) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction.

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tectonics From the web:

  • what are tectonics plates
  • what does tectonics mean
  • what plate tectonics cause earthquakes
  • what is tectonics in architecture
  • what causes tectonics plates to move
  • what plate tectonics cause volcanoes
  • what plate tectonics form mountains
  • what plate tectonics cause mountains
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