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Subduction - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun subduction

is the action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

subduction

English

(wikipedia subduction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
    • (geology) The process in which one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  • The act of subducting or taking away.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • Arithmetical subtraction.

    • Derived terms

    * subduction zone

    See also

    * obduction

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.