tectonic
Of or relating to construction or to architectureOf or relating to construction or to architecture.
» Sixty percent of all active volcanoes occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Of or relating to construction or to architecture.
architektonisch
of or pertaining to construction or architecture
(not comparable)Structural.
(not comparable)Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere.
tektonisch
тектони́ческийtektoníčeskij
тектоні́чнийtektoníčnyj
(figuratively, not comparable)Momentous, utter, vast.
Examples
6 sentencesSixty percent of all active volcanoes occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates.
Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere.
ruТектонические плиты – это составные части литосферы.
As tectonic plates shifted, uniquely adapted species of dinosaur emerged on each continent through vicariance.
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the tectonic plates of India and Eurasia about 50 million years ago.
ruГималаи образовалась при столкновении тектонических плит Индии и Евразии около 50 миллионов лет назад.
The surface of Mars has not only been affected by meteorite impacts, but also by volcanic and tectonic activity.
Translations
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Origin
1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (te1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós, “pertaining to building”), from Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter, joiner, maker”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to make”) (from which also texture). In sense of geology, attested 1894. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) + -ic (“pertaining to”).
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- of or pertaining to construction or architecture:architectonic