tectonics

Other forms of tectonics

plural

tectonicses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tectonics

What does tectonics mean?

tectonics means "the science of architecture". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tectonics?

tectonics has 3 syllables: tec-to-nics. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /tɛkˈtɑnɪks/.

What is another word for tectonics?

Close synonyms include architectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tectonics a common word?

tectonics is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.