Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n.
   The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings,
   etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to
   their artistic design.

Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

tectonics
     n 1: the science of architecture [syn: {architectonics}]
     2: the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of
        the earth's crust [syn: {plate tectonics}, {plate tectonic
        theory}]