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tectonizing

tectonizing is the present participle and gerund of tectonize.

Meaning of tectonize

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

Questions about tectonizing

What is tectonizing the present participle and gerund of?
Tectonizing is the present participle and gerund of tectonize.

Words near tectonizing in the dictionary

  1. tectonization
  2. tectonizations
  3. tectonize
  4. tectonized
  5. tectonizes
  6. tectonizing
  7. tectono-
  8. tectono-sedimentary
  9. tectonodeformation
  10. tectonoeustasy
  11. tectonoeustatic

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