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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TECTONICS

TECTONICS Tec *ton "ics, n.

 

Defn: The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tectonics

tec ton ics |tekˈtäniks tɛkˈtɑnɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] Geology large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tectonics

tec |ton ¦ics |tɛkˈtɒnɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. or pl. ] Geology large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tectonics

tec t ó n ics 名詞 U 構造建築学 ; 構造地質学 (→plate tectonics ).