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subductiō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • subduction noun The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

Senses

subductiō is used for these senses in English:

  • subduction (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

subduction — full definition

  1. noun The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
  2. noun The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  3. noun The act of subducting or taking away.
  4. noun Arithmetical subtraction.
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