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tectonics |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n. The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to their artistic design. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n. The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tectonics n 1: the science of architecture [syn: {architectonics}] 2: the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust [syn: {plate tectonics}]
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