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单词 tectonist
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tectonistn.

Etymology: < tectonic adj. + -ist suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtectonist.
1. A constructor, a builder. obsolete. nonce-word.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun]
bigger1307
biggandc1350
builderc1380
edifiera1464
erectora1552
upbigger1562
structora1634
tectonist1634
architect1665
compiler1713
raiser1949
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xix. 94 As is their husbands occasion these poore tectonists [sc. the squaws] are often troubled like snailes, to carrie their houses on their backs.
2. Geology. A specialist in tectonics. rare.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > geologist > [noun] > tectonician
tectonist1933
tectonician1951
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 225 441 Becker's work has been to a large extent discarded by tectonists as being too highly theoretical to be of practical value in the interpretation of rock structure.
1935 E. B. Bailey Tectonic Ess. i. 5 For von Buch, the Hercynian character was a west-north-westerly, or north-westerly, trend... Accordingly, among German-speaking tectonists, Hercynian is still commonly employed to group together a very important set of more or less north-westerly fractures and folds that characterize much of Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Scania.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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