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tectonics

tec·ton·ics
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tek-ton-iks]
    • /tɛkˈtɒn ɪks/
    • /tekˈtɒn.ɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tek-ton-iks]
    • /tɛkˈtɒn ɪks/

Definitions of tectonics word

  • noun tectonics the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general. 1
  • noun tectonics structural geology. 1
  • noun tectonics the art and science of construction or building 0
  • noun tectonics the study of the processes by which the earth's crust has attained its present structure 0
  • noun plural tectonics the constructive arts in general; esp., the art of making things that have both beauty and usefulness 0
  • noun plural tectonics the study of the earth's crustal structure and the forces that produce changes in it 0
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Origin of tectonics

First appearance:

before 1625
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35; See origin at tectonic, -ics

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Parts of speech for Tectonics

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tectonics popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • plate tectonics

    a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates.

  • continental drift

    Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents towards and away from each other.

  • convergent boundary

    a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.

  • mid-atlantic ridge

    a north-south suboceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Antarctica on whose crest are several groups of islands; shown by plate tectonics to be the axis along which North America has split away from Eurasia, and along which South America has split away from Africa.

  • structural geology

    the branch of geology dealing with the structure and distribution of the rocks that make up the crust of the earth. Also called tectonics. Compare structure (def 7a).
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