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Noun: tectonics  tek'tó-niks
  1. The science of architecture
    - architectonics
     
  2. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
    - plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory

See also: tectonic

Type of: geomorphology, morphology, science, scientific discipline

Part of: architecture

Encyclopedia: Tectonics

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