tectonicsn.

Etymology: = German tektonik.

1. A term for the constructive arts in general.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > art or science of

architecture1563

construction1842

tectonics1850

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §22 A series of arts which form and perfect vessels, implements, dwellings, and places of assembly... We call this class of artistic activities tectonics.

2. Geology. The structural arrangement of rocks in the earth's crust (or on another planet); the branch of geology concerned with the understanding of rock structures, esp. large-scale ones. Cf. plate tectonics n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet

terminator1661

belt1665

fascia1704

fibre1715

white spot1784

dayside1827

nightside1848

albedo1860

north pole1861

polar cap1863

core1882

regolith1897

tectonics1899

sediment ring1955

radiation belt1958

palaeo-radius1960

space needle1961

soil1967

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun]

geology1795

structural geology1842

stratigraphy1850

petrology1870

palaeophysiography1882

tectonics1899

palaeogeology1933

palaeostructure1937

solid geology1937

morphotectonics1956

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > tectonics

geotectonics1858

petrotectonics1933

tectonics1976

1899 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 55 399 (heading) The tectonics of the district.

1914 J. Park Text-bk. Geol. xxxiv. 489 By a series of pressure experiments in 1888, Cadell obtained instructive imitations of the tectonics of mountain-building.

1935 E. B. Bailey Tectonic Ess. iii. 34 In tectonics, an autochthonous fold is one that is made of untravelled indigenous rocks.

1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 May 5/5 The science of tectonics—the study of the movement of these plates—shows that Africa and Europe are in collision.

1982 Nature 28 Jan. 290 (heading) The tectonics of Ganymede.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	tectonics
释义	tectonicsn. Etymology: = German tektonik. 1. A term for the constructive arts in general. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > art or science of architecture1563 construction1842 tectonics1850 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §22 A series of arts which form and perfect vessels, implements, dwellings, and places of assembly... We call this class of artistic activities tectonics. 2. Geology. The structural arrangement of rocks in the earth's crust (or on another planet); the branch of geology concerned with the understanding of rock structures, esp. large-scale ones. Cf. plate tectonics n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet terminator1661 belt1665 fascia1704 fibre1715 white spot1784 dayside1827 nightside1848 albedo1860 north pole1861 polar cap1863 core1882 regolith1897 tectonics1899 sediment ring1955 radiation belt1958 palaeo-radius1960 space needle1961 soil1967 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] geology1795 structural geology1842 stratigraphy1850 petrology1870 palaeophysiography1882 tectonics1899 palaeogeology1933 palaeostructure1937 solid geology1937 morphotectonics1956 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > tectonics geotectonics1858 petrotectonics1933 tectonics1976 1899 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 55 399 (heading) The tectonics of the district. 1914 J. Park Text-bk. Geol. xxxiv. 489 By a series of pressure experiments in 1888, Cadell obtained instructive imitations of the tectonics of mountain-building. 1935 E. B. Bailey Tectonic Ess. iii. 34 In tectonics, an autochthonous fold is one that is made of untravelled indigenous rocks. 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 May 5/5 The science of tectonics—the study of the movement of these plates—shows that Africa and Europe are in collision. 1982 Nature 28 Jan. 290 (heading) The tectonics of Ganymede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1850
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