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  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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