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单词 tectonism
释义

tectonism

noun

tec·​to·​nism ˈtek-tə-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce tectonism (audio)
: the process of deformation that produces in the earth's crust its continents and ocean basins, plateaus and mountains, folds of strata, and faults

called also diastrophism

Word History

Etymology

tecton(ic) + -ism

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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