Associations to the word «Tectonics»

Wiktionary

TECTONICS, noun. (geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
TECTONICS, noun. (architecture) The science and art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction.

Dictionary definition

TECTONICS, noun. The science of architecture.
TECTONICS, noun. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke