geotectonics

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

tectonics

structural geology

tectonic geology

geotectonic geology

architectonic geology

Con guion como

geo‧tec‧ton‧ics

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)tɛkˈtɒnɪks/

Etimología (Inglés)

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