Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for tectonism. Search instead for tectonisms.

tectonism

American  
[tek-tuh-niz-uhm] / ˈtɛk təˌnɪz əm /

noun

Geology.

  1. diastrophism.

Etymology

Origin of tectonism

First recorded in 1945–50; tecton(ic) + -ism

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.