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geotechnics

Definition of geotechnics

noun

[treated as singular]
  • the branch of civil engineering concerned with the study and modification of soil and rocks.

Derivatives

geotechnic

adjective

geotechnical

adjective

geotechnics in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of geotechnics in the US English dictionary
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