Subduction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
  • n. The act of subducting or taking away.
  • n. Arithmetical subtraction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of subducting or taking away.
  • n. Arithmetical subtraction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of subducting, taking away, or withdrawing.
  • n. Arithmetical subtraction.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    geologic process    geological process   
    Cross Reference
    obduction   
    Form
    subduction zone   
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