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tectonic

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Adjective

HYPHEN

tec=ton=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective tectonic has 2 senses

tectonic(a = adj.pert) Array - pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys"

tectonic(a = adj.pert) architectonic - of or pertaining to construction or architecture; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tectonic, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. , fr. , , a carpenter, builder.].

Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural. [1913 Webster]
Structural. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or valleys; tectonic plates. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tectonic, adj.
1 of or relating to building or construction.
2 Geol. relating to the deformation of the earth's crust or to the structural changes caused by this (see plate tectonics).

Derivative

tectonically adv.

Etymology

LL tectonicus f. Gk tektonikos f. tekton -onos carpenter

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