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subduction

Syllabification: (sub·duc·tion)
Pronunciation: /səbˈdəkSHən/

Definition of subduction

noun

Geology
  • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth’s crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

Derivatives

subduct

Pronunciation: /-ˈdəkt/

verb

Origin:

1970s: via French from Latin subductio(n-), from subduct- 'drawn from below', from the verb subducere

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