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Definitions: Tectonics |
TectonicsNoun1. The science of architecture. 2. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth; i.e., the regional assembling of structural or deformational features, a study of their mutual relations, origin, and historical evolution. It is closely related to structural geology, with which the distinctions are blurred, but tectonics generally deals with largerfeatures. Adj: tectonic. Syn:geotectonics. (references) |
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Synonyms: TectonicsSynonyms: architectonics (n), plate tectonics (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tectonics |
| English words defined with "tectonics": continental drift ♦ John Tuzo Wilson ♦ plate tectonics ♦ Wilson. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tectonics": convection cell, convection loop, convective cell ♦ geodynamics, global tectonics, granite tectonics ♦ halokinesis ♦ salt dome, salt tectonics, structural geology. (references) |
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| "Tectonics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 72.31% of the time. "Tectonics" is used about 130 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 72.31% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (singular) | 24.62% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.08% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 130 | N/A |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Environmental Tectonics Corporation |
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Expressions using "tectonics": global tectonics ♦ plate tectonics ♦ salt tectonics. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "tectonics": seismo-tectonics. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
plate tectonics | 434 |
tectonics | 79 |
picture plate tectonics | 12 |
map plate tectonics | 7 |
tectonics tuning | 6 |
environmental tectonics | 5 |
earth plate quake tectonics | 5 |
inc tectonics | 4 |
diagram plate tectonics | 4 |
lesson plan plate tectonics | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "tectonics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tektonikë. (various references) | |
Arabic | فن البناء, عملية التشويه بالأرض. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | строително наука, строително изкуство, тектоника. (various references) | |
Danish | tektonik. (various references) | |
Dutch | tektoniek. (various references) | |
Finnish | tektoniikka. (various references) | |
French | tectonique (tectonic). (various references) | |
German | Tektonik. (various references) | |
Greek | τεκτονική. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerkezeti földtan (geotectonics, structural geology). (various references) | |
Italian | tettonica. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | プルトニウ 爆弾 (place, placekick, plate, plate tectonics, play, play spot, playgirl, play-off, plutonium bomb, pray, ticket agency). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | プレートテクトニクス (plate tectonics). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ectonicstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tectónica, tectônica. (various references) | |
Russian | тектоника. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tektonika, građevinarstvo. (various references) | |
Spanish | tectónica. (various references) | |
Swedish | tektonik. (various references) | |
Turkish | tektonik (tectonic), yapı sanatı, inşaat bilgisi. (various references) | |
Ukranian | тектоніка, будівельні науки. (various references) | |
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Words ending with "tectonics": architectonics. (additional references) | |
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"Tectonics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ectopics, techonics, techtonic, techtonics, tectonicus, tectonism, tectorius, tektonic, tetonic, tetonics, textonic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tectonics" (pronounced tektÄ"niks) |
| 6 | -t Ä" n i k s | tonics. |
| 5 | -Ä" n i k s | avionics, conics, electronics, harmonics, histrionics, ionics, microelectronics, mnemonics, Nucleonics, onyx, phonics, sonics. |
| 4 | -n i k s | beatniks, calisthenics, clinics, cynics, ethnics, eugenics, kibbutzniks, mechanics, panics, Phenix, Phoenix, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, sputniks, Technics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, ballistics, basics, batiks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, comics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, italics, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, micrographics, mimics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, oryx, paramedics, Pediatrics, phonetics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, specifics, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: conceits, stenotic, tectonic, tonetics. | |
-2 letters: conceit, concise, contest, notices, scottie, section, tictocs, tonetic, toniest. | |
-3 letters: centos, cestoi, conics, conies, contes, cosine, icones, incest, insect, nicest, noetic, notice, octets, oscine, scenic, sconce, sitten, stotin, teston, tictoc, tincts, tocsin, tonics. | |
-4 letters: cento, cents, cesti, cines, cions, cisco, cites, coins, cones, conic, conte, cosec, coset, cosie, cotes, eosin, escot, icons, inset, neist, netts, nites, noise, notes, octet, onces, onset, ontic, scent, scion, scone, secco, senti, seton, since, sonic, stein, steno, stint, stoic, stone, tents, tinct, tines, tints, toits, tones, tonic, totes. | |
-5 letters: cent, cine, cion, cist, cite, coin, cone, coni, cons, cost, cote, cots, eons, etic, ices, icon, into, ions, nest, nets, nett, nice, nite, nits, noes, nose, note, once, ones, otic, scot, sect, sent, sett, sice, sine, site, snit, snot, sone, stet, tens, tent, test, tets, tics, ties, tine, tins, tint, tits, toes, toit, tone, tons, tost, tote, tots. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: concretist. | |
+2 letters: concretists, constricted. | |
+3 letters: acceptations, constituency, constrictive, constructive, cytogenetics, postaccident, telocentrics. | |
+4 letters: accentuations, actinomycetes, conceptualist, constructible, crotchetiness, interconnects, nonarchitects, unconstricted. | |
+5 letters: accreditations, acetifications, actinomycetous, architectonics, catechizations, certifications, chemosynthetic, concatenations, concentrations, conceptualists, concertmeister, conductivities, connectivities, constituencies, constructively, contraceptions, contraceptives, corticosterone, counteractions, counterpickets, countertactics, cytogeneticist, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructive, decortications, disconcertment, electrocutions, postconception, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive, rectifications, reductionistic, shuttlecocking, trichothecenes, unconstructive. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 63 74 6F 6E 69 63 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -.-. - --- -. .. -.-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e c t o n i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0063 0074 006F 006E 0069 0063 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547169868180756985 |
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