SUBDUCTION


Meaning of SUBDUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)səb-ˈdək-shən ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Late Latin subduction-, subductio withdrawal, from Latin subducere to withdraw, from sub- + ducere to draw — more at tow

Date: 1970

: the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another

• sub·duct (ˌ)səb-ˈdəkt verb

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