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Meaning of subduction

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

subduction

Pronunciation:/səbˈdʌkʃən/

noun

Definitions

  1. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

  2. The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

  3. The act of subducting or taking away.

  4. Arithmetical subtraction.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subduction

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