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posttectonic

posttectonic adjective: following tectonic activity.

Adjective

posttectonic (not comparable)

  1. Following tectonic activity

Forms of posttectonic

alternative formpost-tectonic

Origin of posttectonic

From post- + tectonic.

Questions about posttectonic

What does posttectonic mean?
Posttectonic means following tectonic activity.
What part of speech is posttectonic?
Posttectonic is an adjective.

Words near posttectonic in the dictionary

  1. postsynthetic
  2. postsystolic
  3. posttariff
  4. posttarsal
  5. posttax
  6. posttectonic
  7. postteen
  8. postteens
  9. posttemporal
  10. posttemporals
  11. posttension

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