TECTONIC MOVEMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust

Synonyms:

crustal movement; tectonic movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("tectonic movement" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

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