No one wished it so, but we are the first species to become a geophysical force, altering Earth's climate, a role previously reserved for tectonics, sun flares, and glacial cycles.
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Tectonics
Synonyms for "tectonics" (51 found)
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22 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- тэкто́ніка noun (study of crustal plates)
- тэкто́ніка noun (science and art of shaping materials)
Bulgarian
2 entries- строително изкуство noun (science and art of shaping materials)
- текто́ника noun (study of crustal plates)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 地質構造 /地质构造 noun (study of crustal plates)
- 構造 /构造 noun (study of crustal plates)
Finnish
1 entries- tektoniikka noun (study of crustal plates)
French
1 entries- tectonique noun (study of crustal plates)
German
1 entries- Tektonik noun (study of crustal plates)
Greek
1 entries- τεκτονική noun (study of crustal plates)
Irish
1 entries- teicteonaic noun (study of crustal plates)
Italian
1 entries- tettonica noun (study of crustal plates)
Japanese
1 entries- テクトニクス noun (study of crustal plates)
Latvian
1 entries- tektonika noun (study of crustal plates)
Polish
1 entries- tektonika noun (study of crustal plates)
Portuguese
1 entries- tectônica noun (study of crustal plates)
Russian
1 entries- текто́ника noun (study of crustal plates)
Swedish
3 entries- plattektonik noun (study of crustal plates)
- tektonik noun (study of crustal plates)
- tektonik noun (science and art of shaping materials)
Ukrainian
2 entries- текто́ніка noun (study of crustal plates)
- текто́ніка noun (science and art of shaping materials)
Sample sentences
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Mercury doesn't have plate tectonics.
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Mars doesn't have plate tectonics like Earth does.
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The theory of plate tectonics in geology explains the phenomenon of continental drift.
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