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Synonyms for tectonic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tek-ton-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛkˈtɒn ɪk |
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Définition of tectonic
Origin :- 1650s, "of or relating to building," from Late Latin tectonicus, from Greek tektonikos "pertaining to building," from tekton (genitive tektonos) "builder, carpenter," from PIE root *tek- "to make" (see texture). The geological sense is recorded from 1894.
- As in structural : adj fundamental
- They owe their formation to tectonic movements, subsidences of the surface.
- Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
- The earthquakes in New Zealand are evidently of the tectonic type.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes » by Edwin J. Houston
- That tectonic earthquakes are closely connected with the formation of faults seems now established beyond doubt.
- Extract from : « A Study of Recent Earthquakes » by Charles Davison
- In all respects, tectonic earthquakes differ widely from the Ischian shocks.
- Extract from : « A Study of Recent Earthquakes » by Charles Davison
- Distinctions, so great as these are, evidently remove the Ischian shocks from the category of tectonic earthquakes.
- Extract from : « A Study of Recent Earthquakes » by Charles Davison
- That this quake was of the tectonic type was evident from the great fault that was formed.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes » by Edwin J. Houston
- The great San Francisco earthquake of April 18th, 1906, appears to have been a tectonic quake.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes » by Edwin J. Houston
- That this quake was of the tectonic type became evident, when several faults were found in the ground afterwards.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes » by Edwin J. Houston
- The character of these tectonic activities has differed widely in different parts of the cordillera.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Continent » by Ellsworth Huntington
- A crossroads of fault lines, a confluence of tectonic clashes – the Balkan always obliged.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
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