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tec·ton·ics

(tĕk-tŏn′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

1. The study of the earth's structural features.

2. The art or science of construction, especially of large buildings.

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tectonics

(tɛkˈtɒnɪks)

n (functioning as singular)

1. (Building) the art and science of construction or building

2. (Geological Science) the study of the processes by which the earth's crust has attained its present structure. See also plate tectonics

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tec•ton•ics

(tɛkˈtɒn ɪks)

n. (used with a sing. v.)

1. the branch of geology that studies structural features of regional extent for the clues they provide regarding diastrophism and its causes.

2. the art of assembling the materials used in construction.

[1625–35]

tectonics

a general term for the theory and techniques of construction. — tectonist, n. — tectonic, adj.

tectonics

The geological study of large structures such as mountains.

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Noun	1.	tectonics - the science of architecture architectonics science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
	2.	tectonics - the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics geomorphology, morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms Pangaea, Pangea - (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

Translations

tectonique

tectonics

[tekˈtɒnɪks] N → tectónica f

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tectonics

n sing (Geol) → Tektonik f

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tectonics

[tɛkˈtɒnɪks] nsg → tettonica

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Release date- 07082019 - A new study of rocks that formed billions of years ago lends fresh insight into how Earth's plate tectonics, or the movement of large pieces of Earth's outer shell, evolved over the planet's 4.56-billion-year history.

Johns Hopkins University - A Rocky Relationship 2.5 Billion Years of Earth's Continents Breaking Up and Getting Back Together

A new study suggests plate tectonics evolved over the last 2.5 billion years.

Continents began moving about 2.5 billion years ago; SCIENCE

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The remains of a microscopic drop of ancient seawater has assisted in rewriting the history of Earth's evolution when it was used to re-establish the time that plate tectonics started on the planet.

Drop of Ancient Seawater Rewrites Earth's History

Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career of William R.

Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Provenance: A Celebration of the Career of William R. Dickinson

Such an expanded thickness of the hemipelagic sediments with alternated turbidity sandstone suggest sustained transgression with pulsated tectonics in this part of the Central Indus Basin.

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MUGHAL KOT FORMATION, MUGHAL KOT SECTION, CENTRAL INDUS BASIN, PAKISTAN

But, many scientists think only planets with plate tectonics can have a suitable amount of CO2 in their atmosphere.

Exoplanets Without Plate Tectonics Could Host Life

The interaction between tectonics and erosional situation has formed an actual sole landscape, creases and thrust geometries in this area.

Build Kalabagh Dam to secure future of Pakistan

Simulations covering Earth's birth about 4.5 billion years ago to 10 billion years in the future suggest that plate tectonics is a midpoint in the planet's progression between two stagnant states, Thomas Sumner reported in "Plate tectonics could grind to a halt" (SN: 6/25/16, p.

Just a phase

In this study, regional tectonics (Qorashi and Arian, 2011) was integrated with seismologic data to prepare the seismotectonic-geologic hazards of Iran.

Seismotectonic-geologic hazards zoning of Iran

The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic, The Adventures of Geo, Vol.

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This article applies a quantitative geomorphologic method to an area in the Zagros to evaluate rates of active tectonics. Considering the diversity of the morphotectonic features [16,13], Spatial tools including geographic information systems (GIS) and morphometric analyses may provide useful information on this subject, we have analyzed below geomorphic indices by El Hamdouni et al, [14] method(Table 1,2).