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 tec·ton·ics /-nɪks/
 構造學,構造地質學,大地構造學

 Tec·ton·ics n.
 1. The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
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 tectonics
      n 1: the science of architecture [syn: architectonics]
      2: the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of
         the earth's crust [syn: plate tectonics, plate tectonic
         theory]