geotectonics

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English

Etymology

From geo- +‎ tectonics (although this is apparently first attested later), possibly from German Geotektonik.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

geotectonics (uncountable)

  1. Tectonics, structural geology; the study of the structure of the Earth, especially of the formation and movement of tectonic plates.

References

  1. ^ “geotectonics, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2018.
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