tectonics
the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
Origin of tectonics
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How to use tectonics in a sentence
South of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.
Only in the 1960s, with the theory of plate tectonics, did a convincing solution finally emerge.
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British Dictionary definitions for tectonics
/ (tɛkˈtɒnɪks) /
the art and science of construction or building
the study of the processes by which the earth's crust has attained its present structure: See also plate tectonics
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Scientific definitions for tectonics
[ tĕk-tŏn′ĭks ]
The branch of geology that deals with the broad structural and deformational features of the outer part of the Earth, their origins, and the relationships between them. See more at plate tectonics.
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