plate-tectonicistn.

Brit.

/ˌpleɪttɛkˈtɒnᵻsɪst/, U.S.

/ˌpleɪtˌtɛkˈtɑnəsəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plate-tectonic adj., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < plate-tectonic adj. + -ist suffix, after e.g. physicist n. Compare earlier tectonician n., tectonist n. 2.

Geology.

An expert in or student of plate tectonics; an advocate of the plate-tectonic theory.

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plate-tectonicist1973

1973 Nature 30 Nov. 263/1 They are in disagreement with the views of some plate tectonicists who wish to have the whole 500 km shift take place after mid-Miocene.

1978 Proc. Biennial Meeting Philos. Sci. Assoc. II. 258 All who have written historically on the geological revolution have been at pains to show that the plate tectonicists had their predecessors.

1996 New Left Rev. May 61 Unlike the plate-tectonicists of the 1960s, contemporary neo-catastrophists..accept the need to reconstruct the very foundations of Earth science.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plate-tectonicist
释义	plate-tectonicistn. Brit. /ˌpleɪttɛkˈtɒnᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˌpleɪtˌtɛkˈtɑnəsəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plate-tectonic adj., -ist suffix. Etymology: < plate-tectonic adj. + -ist suffix, after e.g. physicist n. Compare earlier tectonician n., tectonist n. 2. Geology. An expert in or student of plate tectonics; an advocate of the plate-tectonic theory. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > theory of formation of earth > theorist > [noun] > plate movement plate-tectonicist1973 1973 Nature 30 Nov. 263/1 They are in disagreement with the views of some plate tectonicists who wish to have the whole 500 km shift take place after mid-Miocene. 1978 Proc. Biennial Meeting Philos. Sci. Assoc. II. 258 All who have written historically on the geological revolution have been at pains to show that the plate tectonicists had their predecessors. 1996 New Left Rev. May 61 Unlike the plate-tectonicists of the 1960s, contemporary neo-catastrophists..accept the need to reconstruct the very foundations of Earth science. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1973
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