TECTONISM

Meaning of TECTONISM in English

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1948 the process of deformation that produces in the earth's crust its continents and ocean basins, plateaus and mountains, folds of strata, and faults

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TECTONISM — ˈtektəˌnizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tecton- (from tectonic ) + -ism : diastrophism
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TECTONISM — /tek"teuh niz'euhm/ , n. Geol. diastrophism (def. 1). [ 1945-50; TECTON(IC) + -ISM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TECTONISM — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1948 : the process of deformation that produces in the earth's crust its continents …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TECTONISM — [tec.to.nism] n [ISV] (1948): diastrophism
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TECTONISM — геол. тектоническая активность (геология) тектоническая активность
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TECTONISM — n геол. тектоническая активность
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TECTONISM — геол. тектоническая активность
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TECTONISM — (n) тектоническая активность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TECTONISM — n геол. тектоническая активность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TECTONISM — n геол. тектоническая активность
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TECTONISM — геол. тектоническая активность (геология) тектоническая активность
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TECTONISM — Pronunciation: ' tek-t ə - ˌ ni-z ə m Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1948 : the process …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TECTONICS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1899 geological structural features as a whole, 2. a branch of …
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DIASTROPHISM — noun Etymology: Greek diastrophē twisting, from diastrephein to distort, from dia- + strephein to twist Date: 1890 tectonism , diastrophic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIASTROPHISM — or tectonism Large-scale deformation of the Earth's crust by natural processes, which leads to the formation of continents and ocean …
Английский словарь Британика
DIASTROPHISM — — diastrophic /duy'euh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/ , adj. — diastrophically , adv. /duy as"treuh fiz'euhm/ , n. Geol. 1. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TECTONICS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1899 1. : geological structural features as a whole 2. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIASTROPHISM — noun Etymology: Greek diastrophē twisting, from diastrephein to distort, from dia- + strephein to twist Date: 1890 : tectonism • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNIFORMITARIANISM — in geology, the doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
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DIASTROPHISM — also called Tectonism, large-scale deformation of the Earth's crust by natural processes, which leads to the formation of continents and …
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CONTINENTAL LANDFORM — any conspicuous topographic feature on the largest land areas of the Earth. Familiar examples are mountains (including volcanic cones), plateaus, …
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TRIASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. first period of …
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OCHOAN STAGE — post-Guadalupian time of deposition of the Upper Permian Series of rock strata in the United States, characterized by the development …
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. third period of …
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CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. fifth interval of …
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CAMBRIAN PERIOD — oldest time division of the Paleozoic Era, extending from 540 to 505 million years ago. The rocks that originated during …
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DIASTROPHISM — n. or tectonism Large-scale deformation of the Earth's crust by natural processes, which leads to the formation of continents and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ТЕКТОНИЧЕСКАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ — геол. tectonism
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