Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tectonics

2 senses of tectonics

Sense 1
architectonics, tectonics -- (the science of architecture)
       => science, scientific discipline -- (a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics")

Sense 2
tectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory -- (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)
       => morphology, geomorphology -- (the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms)