sounds greek to me, or maybe Latin tectonic is from the greek adjective tektonikos or "built" as in arcitecture
The word "tectonic" is an adjective. It is commonly used to describe things related to the earth's lithosphere or large-scale geological processes.
The word "earthquake" comes from the Old English word "eorthequaka," which is a combination of "eorthe" (earth) and "quakan" (to shake). It is used to describe the shaking or trembling of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface.
cordera is somthing that forms tectonic plates cordera is somthing that forms tectonic plates
Ok, I'm thinking you mean this as a science term so here it goes. The Tectonic Plates of the earth move little by little everyday. Sometimes they move a lot, and cause an earthquake.
Diastrophism is the process of deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic forces.
sonic
Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.
the tectonic plates
Example sentence - The tectonic plates are always moving.
moving plates
tectonic
The place where tectonic plates come together is named an Destructive Boundary
When tectonic plates push together, they converge, forming a convergent boundary.
The word tectonic comes from the Latin word "tectonicus" which means "building" in the sense of constructing something.As such antonyms would include words like demolition and destruction.
The North American plate.
Through the collision of tectonic plates
The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.