tectonic
Phonetic
US /tekˈtɑːnɪk/UK /tekˈtɒnɪk/
Translations
ADJOf or relating to construction or to architecture, Structural, Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth's (or a similar planet's) lithosphere, momentous, utter, vast
Variants
Examples
Trump’s Tariffs Are Part of a ‘Tectonic/tekˈtɑːnɪk/ Plate Shift’ in the Global Economy
Source:www.nytimes.com
The recent summit between President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China was one of those inflection points.There are moments in great-power politics when the tectonic/tekˈtɑːnɪk/ plates seem to shift perceptibly/pərˈseptəbli/ beneath us.
Source:www.nytimes.com
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