geotectonics

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

tectonics

structural geology

tectonic geology

geotectonic geology

architectonic geology

Met koppelteken als

geo‧tec‧ton‧ics

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)tɛkˈtɒnɪks/

Etymologie (Engels)

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