Lexic.us

Definition of Tectonics

1. Noun. The science of architecture.

2. Noun. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.

Definition of Tectonics

1. n. The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

2. n. The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to their artistic design.

Definition of Tectonics

1. Noun. (geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth. ¹

2. Noun. (architecture) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tectonics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectonics

tectiviridae tectly tectobulbar tract tectocephalic tectocephaly tectology tectonic tectonic-uplift tectonic keratoplasty tectonic movement

tectonic plate tectonic plates tectonic uplift tectonic uplifts tectonically tectonics (current term) tectonism tectonisms tectonophysics tectonostratigraphic

tectonostratigraphy tectopontine tract tectorial tectorial membrane tectorial membrane of cochlear duct tectorium tectosilicate tectosilicates tectosphere tectospinal

Literary usage of Tectonics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"The folded structures displayed in some of the Basin ranges, perhaps most of them, belong mainly to an ancient system of tectonics (Triassic or Jurassic), ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"In the present connection the history of opinion regarding :he tectonics of the desert region need not be referred to. The results of recent investigation ..."

3. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"tectonics. 266. Among the arts which represent in space we distin- 1 guish (according to §. 22. ... tectonics ..."

4. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"tectonics. 56. Even the period described by Homer attached great 1 •weight to the rich and elegant workmanship of articles of furniture and vessels, ..."

5. The Drama in Former Yugoslavia: The Beginning of the End or the End of the by Anton Zabkar (1998)
"ADRIATIC POLI(TICAL)tectonics IN THE 20th CENTURY When the Ottoman Empire began to collapse at the end of the last century and at the beginning of this ..."

6. Geotechnical Reconnaissance of the Effects of the January 17, 1995, Hyogoken by Koichi Akai, Jonathan D. Bray, Ross W. Boulanger, John T. Christian (1997)
"2.3 Regional Seismicity and tectonics The earthquake occurred in a region where a complex system of active faults had been previously mapped (Research Group ..."

Other Resources: