tectonics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- tĕk-tŏn'ĭks
Etymology
Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
- (uncountable) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction.
Deriveds
geotectonics · plate tectonics · seismotectonics · salt tectonics · plumbotectonics · neotectonics · morphotectonics · glaciotectonics
Relateds
Translations (22)
be тэкто́ніка (science and art of shaping materials) · bg текто́ника (study of crustal plates) · fr tectonique (study of crustal plates) · de Tektonik (study of crustal plates) · pt tectônica (study of crustal plates) · sv plattektonik (study of crustal plates) · it tettonica (study of crustal plates) · uk текто́ніка (study of crustal plates) · fi tektoniikka (study of crustal plates) · el τεκτονική (study of crustal plates) · lv tektonika (study of crustal plates) · ru текто́ника (study of crustal plates) · bg строително изкуство (science and art of shaping materials) · cmn 構造 /构造 (study of crustal plates) · uk текто́ніка (science and art of shaping materials) · ja テクトニクス (study of crustal plates) · ga teicteonaic (study of crustal plates) · cmn 地質構造 /地质构造 (study of crustal plates) · be тэкто́ніка (study of crustal plates) · sv tektonik (study of crustal plates) · pl tektonika (study of crustal plates) · sv tektonik (science and art of shaping materials)