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tectonize

tectonize verb: to modify a rock by a tectonic process.

Verb

tectonize (third-person singular simple present tectonizes, present participle tectonizing, simple past and past participle tectonized)

  1. To modify a rock by a tectonic process

Forms of tectonize

third-person singular presenttectonizes
present participletectonizing
past participletectonized
pasttectonized

Questions about tectonize

What does tectonize mean?
Tectonize means to modify a rock by a tectonic process.
What part of speech is tectonize?
Tectonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tectonize?
The past tense of tectonize is tectonized.

Words near tectonize in the dictionary

  1. tectonisms
  2. tectonite
  3. tectonites
  4. tectonization
  5. tectonizations
  6. tectonize
  7. tectonized
  8. tectonizes
  9. tectonizing
  10. tectono-
  11. tectono-sedimentary

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