a very HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY wish goes out today to niece "K".
Welcome to this week's edition of the "Word of the Week". If you are new to viewing this blog, I'll inform you that the usual Friday post comes from a list of 100 words that the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries compiled. They feel that every high school graduate should know these words. The senior editor stated that "if you are able to use these words correctly you are likely to have a superior command of the language."
So commence the commanding!
TECTONIC [tek-ton-ik]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to building or construction; constructive; architectural.
2. Geology. a. pertaining to the structure of the earth's crust.
b. referring to the forces or conditions within the earth that cause movements of the crust.
c. designating the results of such movements: tectonic valleys.
[Origin: 1650–60; < LL tectonicus < Gk tektonikós pertaining to construction, equiv. to tekton- (s. of téktōn) carpenter + -ikos -ic]
—Related forms
tec·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb
6 comments:
Please us the word in a sentence.
A very happy birthday to K
"The earthquake was the result of movement of two adjacent tectonic plates."
Anonymous,
Thanks for that clear, concise and hopefully non-prophetic sentence.
The balding computer programmer bought a bottle of hair Tech-tonic.
--sorry.
I see my witty yet corny sister is up early this fine Saturday morning!
Thank you all
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