Definitions for tectonic

tectonic tec·ton·ic

Spelling: [tek-ton-ik]
IPA: /tɛkˈtɒn ɪk/

Tectonic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in tectonic (cceinott).

Definitions for tectonic

adjective

  1. of or relating to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
  2. Geology. pertaining to the structure of the earth's crust. referring to the forces or conditions within the earth that cause movements of the crust. designating the results of such movements:

Origin of tectonic

1650-60; Late Latin tectonicus Greek tektonikós pertaining to construction, equivalent to tekton- (stem of téktōn) carpenter + -ikos -ic

Examples for tectonic

The 68-million-year-old remnants of dinosaur feet were pushed upward by tectonic activity.

The earthquakes in New Zealand are evidently of the tectonic type.

This here is tectonic heat, a contrast hitting at the heart of why we love sport in the first place.

They owe their formation to tectonic movements, subsidences of the surface.

In all respects, tectonic earthquakes differ widely from the Ischian shocks.

For how long should one stand on principle when tectonic shifts rumble below?

Mars has no tectonic plates—no continents, in other words—and no ginormous moon.

That tectonic earthquakes are closely connected with the formation of faults seems now established beyond doubt.

Distinctions, so great as these are, evidently remove the Ischian shocks from the category of tectonic earthquakes.

But I appreciate the tectonic significance Jobs has had and that Apple possesses.

Word Value for tectonic
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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