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seismotectonics

seismotectonics noun: tectonics caused by earthquakes.

Noun

seismotectonics (uncountable)

  1. tectonics caused by earthquakes

Origin of seismotectonics

From seismo- + tectonics.

Questions about seismotectonics

What does seismotectonics mean?
Seismotectonics means tectonics caused by earthquakes.
What part of speech is seismotectonics?
Seismotectonics is a noun.

Words near seismotectonics in the dictionary

  1. seismoscopic
  2. seismostratigraphic
  3. seismostratigraphical
  4. seismostratigraphy
  5. seismotectonic
  6. seismotectonics
  7. seismotherapies
  8. seismotherapy
  9. seisms
  10. seiso
  11. seisonid

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