tectonics

• The science of architecture
• the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth´s crust
• 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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