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paleotectonic

paleotectonic adjective: relating to ancient movement of the Earth's surface.

Adjective

paleotectonic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to ancient movement of the Earth's surface

Origin of paleotectonic

From paleo- + tectonic.

Questions about paleotectonic

What does paleotectonic mean?
Paleotectonic means relating to ancient movement of the Earth's surface.
What part of speech is paleotectonic?
Paleotectonic is an adjective.

Words near paleotectonic in the dictionary

  1. paleotard
  2. paleotards
  3. paleotechnic
  4. paleotechnologies
  5. paleotechnology
  6. paleotectonic
  7. paleotectonically
  8. paleotectonics
  9. paleotemperate
  10. paleotemperature
  11. paleotemperatures

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