tectonically
By plate movement
Tectonically describes something in terms of the large-scale movements of Earth's crust—the shifting of continental plates that causes earthquakes and builds mountains: The region is tectonically active.
Figuratively, it suggests massive structural change: The election tectonically shifted the political landscape.
Forcing into smaller space
- tensionStretched or strained state
- shearLateral sliding force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
deformation · folding · faulting · uplift · orogeny · isostasy · crustal · brittle
Plate descending beneath another
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- convergentTending toward union
- transformChange completely in form
- continentalOf a continent
lithosphere · asthenosphere · seafloor · spreading · collision · rift · faults · mantle
Subterranean magma expulsion process
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- magmaMolten rock underground
- lavaErupted liquid stone
- calderaCollapsed volcanic summit basin
hotspot · fumarole · basalt · andesite · rhyolite · pyroclastic · pumice · plume
Movement or work period
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- transformationThorough change in form
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- earthshakingExtremely significant or consequential
groundbreaking · monumental · paradigm · revolutionary · cataclysmic · reshaping · realignment · dramatic
Seismic ground movement
- faultlineCrustal fracture zone
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- magnitudeSize or scale
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
tremor · foreshock · seismograph · tsunami · liquefaction · seismology · rupture · shaking
compression
Forcing into smaller space
strain · deformation · folding · faulting · uplift · orogeny · isostasy · crustal · brittle · ductile
subduction
Plate descending beneath another
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- convergentTending toward union
- transformChange completely in form
continental · lithosphere · asthenosphere · seafloor · spreading · collision · rift · faults · mantle · crust
volcanism
Subterranean magma expulsion process
caldera · hotspot · fumarole · basalt · andesite · rhyolite · pyroclastic · pumice · plume · seamount
shift
Movement or work period
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- transformationThorough change in form
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
earthshaking · groundbreaking · monumental · paradigm · revolutionary · cataclysmic · reshaping · realignment · dramatic · profound
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
aftershock · tremor · foreshock · seismograph · tsunami · liquefaction · seismology · rupture · shaking · vibrations
tectonicallyartificially
In a manufactured way
man-made · constructed · synthetically · meteorically · glacially
tectonicallysuddenly
Without prior indication
abruptly · instantaneously · explosively · imperceptibly · superficially
tectonicallyatmospherically
Regarding air or mood
meteorologically · climatically · hydrologically · biologically · chemically
architect, technique, technical, architecture, technology, technician, tectonic, tectonics, architectonic