Meaning of TECTONIC
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- [adj] of or pertaining to construction or architecture
- [adj] (geology) pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys"
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\Tec*ton"ic\, a.
1. (Biol.) Structural.
2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) 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.
\Tec*ton"ic\, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a
carpenter, builder.]
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
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