Associations to the word «Subduction»

Wiktionary

SUBDUCTION, noun. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
SUBDUCTION, noun. The act of subducting or taking away.
SUBDUCTION, noun. Arithmetical subtraction.
SUBDUCTION ZONE, noun. (geology) A region of the Earth where one tectonic plate dives beneath another into the interior of the Earth.

Dictionary definition

SUBDUCTION, noun. A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate.

Wise words

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