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TECTONIC MOVEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tectonic movement mean? 

TECTONIC MOVEMENT (noun)
  The noun TECTONIC MOVEMENT has 1 sense:

1. movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crustplay

  Familiarity information: TECTONIC MOVEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TECTONIC MOVEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

crustal movement; tectonic movement

Hypernyms ("tectonic movement" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)


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