tectonics noun. [tɛk'tɒnɪks] M19.
[formed as TECTONIC: see -S¹.]
1. The art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings or other constructions. M19.
2. Geology. The structural arrangement of rocks in the earth's crust (or on another planet or a moon); the branch of geology that deals with rock structures, esp. large-scale ones. L19.
plate tectonics: see PLATE noun.

■ tectonician [-'nɪʃ(ǝ)n] noun (Geology) an expert in or student of tectonics M20.

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