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tectonic

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Adjective
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective tectonic has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

tectonica. [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.]

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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