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Tectonics vs Stereotomy - What's the difference?

tectonics | stereotomy |

As nouns the difference between tectonics and stereotomy

is that tectonics is (geology) the study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the earth while stereotomy is (geometry|masonry) the cutting or dissection of solids.

tectonics

English

Noun

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  • (geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
  • (architecture) The science and art of assembling]], shaping, or [[ornament, ornamenting materials in construction.

    • Related terms

    * tectonic * architectonics

    stereotomy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
  • * 1841 , Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
    • Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy ’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement.