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neotectonics

neotectonics noun: a subdiscipline of tectonics involving the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust which are current or recent in geologic time.

Noun

neotectonics (uncountable)

  1. A subdiscipline of tectonics involving the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust which are current or recent in geologic time.

Origin of neotectonics

From neo- + tectonics.

Questions about neotectonics

What does neotectonics mean?
Neotectonics means a subdiscipline of tectonics involving the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust which are current or recent in geologic time.
What part of speech is neotectonics?
Neotectonics is a noun.

Words near neotectonics in the dictionary

  1. neotaphonomic
  2. neotard
  3. neotards
  4. neotechnic
  5. neotectonic
  6. neotectonics
  7. neoteinia
  8. neoteleost
  9. neoteleostean
  10. neoteleosteans
  11. neoteleostian

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