Tectonic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tectonic \Tec*ton"ic\, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a
     carpenter, builder.]
     1. Of or pertaining to building or construction;
        architectural.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Biol.) Structural.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) Of, pert. to, or designating, the
        rock structures and external forms resulting from the
        deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or
        valleys; tectonic plates.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tectonic
       adj 1: pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's
              crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys"
       2: of or pertaining to construction or architecture [syn: {architectonic}]