tectonic

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

architectonic important building basic formal organic structural constitutional architectural geological constructive anatomical geologic skeletal basaltic
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Antonyms

small strong auxiliary minor secondary slight
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Related terms

tectonics lithotectonic

Phrases with the word

continental tectonic plate tectonic activity displacement of tectonic plates movement of tectonic plates plate tectonic tectonic plates

Anagrams

concetti

Examples

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates. You're just not gonna get the right answer. Your whole world is just gonna be - a mystery. Instead of an exciting place. Bill Nye

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. Peggy Noonan

Connection between life and radioactive nuclei is straightforward. No life without tectonic activity, without volcanic activity. And we know very well that geothermal energy is mostly produced by decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium. Garik Israelian

According to all the experts, it's time for me to talk about what I'm going through... I can't. I'd need a new alphabet, one made of falling, of tectonic plates shifting, of the deep devouring dark. Jandy Nelson

tectonic plates Source: Internet

tectonic valleys Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tectology tectomer tectona grandis tectonic activity tectonic cycle tectonic keratoplasty