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Meaning of plate-tectonicist in English:

plate-tectonicist

Pronunciation /ˌpleɪttɛkˈtɒnɪsɪst/

noun

Geology

  • An expert in or student of plate tectonics; an advocate of the plate-tectonic theory.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From plate-tectonic + -ist, after e.g. physicist.