tectonics
The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
Other meanings
The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction.
Related words
- geotectonics
- glaciotectonics
- neotectonics
- plumbotectonics
- seismotectonics
- plate tectonics
- salt tectonics
- morphotectonics
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