tectoniciann.
/tɛktəˈnɪʃən/ Geology.
= tectonist n. 2.
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1951 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 249 594 For the tectonician, the most useful definition of fold-axis is that given by Wegmann.
1965 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 258 56 Such tremendous crustal movements within the Alpine fold belt are of a much larger size than those required by the most nappist of tectonicians.
1975 Nature 6 Feb. 396/2 The Soviet tectonician Belousov has gone so far as to invoke extensive ‘oceanisation’ of continental crust to account for the ocean basins.
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