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ArchitectonicArchitectonic Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic, Architectonical
Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al, a. [L. architectonicus, Gr. ?. See
Architect.]
1. Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture;
evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
``Architectonic wisdom.' --Boyle.
These architectonic functions which we had hitherto
thought belonged. --J. C.
Shairp.
2. Relating to the systemizing of knowledge. Architectonic
Architectonic Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic, n. [Cf. F. architectonique.]
1. The science of architecture.
2. The act of arranging knowledge into a system.
ArchitectonicalArchitectonic Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic, Architectonical
Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al, a. [L. architectonicus, Gr. ?. See
Architect.]
1. Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture;
evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
``Architectonic wisdom.' --Boyle.
These architectonic functions which we had hitherto
thought belonged. --J. C.
Shairp.
2. Relating to the systemizing of knowledge. Architectonics
Architectonics Ar`chi*tec*ton"ics, n.
The science of architecture.
Tectona grandisTeak Teak, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.)
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an
extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for
shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the
tree. [Written also teek.]
African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra
Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called
also African oak.
New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New
Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber. Tectonic
Tectonic Tec*ton"ic, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a
carpenter, builder.]
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Tectonics
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
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.
Meaning of Tecton from wikipedia
- The
Tecton Group was a
radical architectural group co-founded by
Berthold Lubetkin,
Francis Skinner,
Denys Lasdun,
Michael Dugdale,
Anthony Chitty, Val...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Phereclus or Phereclos, son of
Tecton, was the
shipbuilder who
constructed the boat that
Paris used to
kidnap Helen.
Meriones targeted...
- Hampstead. In
London he set up the
architectural practice Tecton. The
first projects of
Tecton included landmark buildings for
London Zoo, the
Gorilla House...
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designed in the
International Modernist style by
Berthold Lubetkin and the
Tecton Group.
Constructed in 1934,
Historic England describe it as "a key symbol...
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whaler in the film
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,
soldier Tecton in Troy and Rob
Morgan in the
series Stella. He is
known for
being the voice...
-
armada of
exploratory spacecraft have
identified widespread evidence of
tectonism on all the
terrestrial planets, most of the
satellites of the
outer planets...
- Russia. The
genus is only
represented by its type species,
Ennatosaurus tecton,
which was
named in 1956 by Ivan
Antonovich Efremov. The
species is known...
- Τέκταμος "craftsman",
derived from
tectainomai "to build", "plan", from
tecton, "carpenter", "builder") was a king of
Crete and hero of
ancient ****enic...
- and
other buildings designed by the
architect Berthold Lubetkin and the
Tecton Group. The zoo went into
receivership in 1977 and was
purchased by Dudley...
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management company based in Miami, Florida. It was a
division of
Tecton Hospitality before Tecton merged with
Ocean Blue
Hospitality in 2010. The
merged companies...
