TECTONICS
Dictionary entry overview: What does tectonics mean?
• TECTONICS (noun)
The noun TECTONICS has 2 senses:
1. the science of architecture
2. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
Familiarity information: TECTONICS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TECTONICS (noun)
Meaning:
The science of architecture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
architectonics; tectonics
Hypernyms ("tectonics" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Holonyms ("tectonics" is a part of...):
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Meaning:
The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics
Hypernyms ("tectonics" is a kind of...):
geomorphology; morphology (the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms)
Domain member category:
Pangaea; Pangea ((plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland)
