Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tectonism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: tec-ton-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Next Reports Climatic Limits on Landscape Development in the Northwestern Himalaya Nicholas Brozovi, * Douglas W. Burbank, Andrew J. Meigs The interaction between tectonism and erosion produces rugged landscapes in actively deforming regions."
"Furthermore, changes in continental weathering and riverine contributions to the oceans may also be linked with climate, and hydrothermal inputs vary with tectonism."
"The thick lithosphere predicted by these models appears to be inconsistent with even a low level of ongoing volcanism and tectonism."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tectonisms (plural)

Derived Forms

glaciotectonism

Synonyms

diastrophism

Questions

What does tectonism mean?: The deformation of the Earth's crust due to tectonic activity.

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