TECTONIC


Meaning of TECTONIC in English

adj.1 of or relating to building or construction.

2 Geol. relating to the deformation of the earth's crust or to the structural changes caused by this (see plate tectonics).

Derivatives:

tectonically adv.

Etymology: LL tectonicus f. Gk tektonikos f. tekton -onos carpenter

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.