tectonic

== English == === Etymology === 1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós, “pertaining to building”), from Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter, joiner, maker”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to make”) (from which also texture). In sense of geology, attested 1894. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) +‎ -ic (“pertaining to”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === tectonic (not comparable) Of or relating to construction or to architecture. (biology) Structural. (geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere. (figurative) Momentous, utter, vast. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === concetti == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tectonique. === Adjective === tectonic m or n (feminine singular tectonică, masculine plural tectonici, feminine/neuter plural tectonice) tectonic ==== Declension ====