tectonic
Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
Other meanings
Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.
Momentous, utter, vast.
Related words
- geotectonic
- glaciotectonic
- morphotectonic
- neotectonic
- nontectonic
- palaeotectonic
- paleotectonic
- plumbotectonic
- posttectonic
- seismotectonic
- syntectonic
- tectonically
Word history
From Ancient Greek "τέκτων" (carpenter, joiner, maker).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tectonic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.