noun
subduction
Subduction (noun) means the process of being forced or pulled down beneath something else.
noun
1
The process of being forced or pulled down beneath something else.
2
In geology, the way one of the Earth's plates slides underneath another and sinks into the layer below, where they meet.
"Therefore, both a mantle plume and also the subductions of the oceanic plates may have mutually contributed to create the magmatic zone."
— Ki-Hong Chang, Upper Mesozoic unconformity-bounded units of Korean Peninsula with Koguryo Magmatic Province (2000)
"Evidence for a subduction polarity flip is clear in the Irish Caledonides, where the S-dipping slab beneath the Lough Nafooey arc (Dewey & Ryan 1990; Clift & Ryan 1994) became a N-dipping subduction zone after the Grampian Orogeny."
— Peter D. Clift, A general model for arc-continent collision and subduction polarity reversal from Taiwan and the Irish Caledonides (2003)
"Earthquakes on the subduction interface itself are low-angle thrusts in the depth range 15–45 km, generally reaching a maximum depth of 20 km in the west and 45 km in the centre of the arc, near Crete."
— Beth Shaw, Springer (2012)
3
The act of removing or taking something away.
4
Subtraction in arithmetic.
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Etymology
From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.
Rhymes for subduction
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
perfusion
selection
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of subduction?
"subduction" (noun) means the process of being forced or pulled down beneath something else.
What are the different meanings of subduction?
"subduction" has 3 main meanings: 1. The process of being forced or pulled down beneath something else; 2. In geology, the way one of the Earth's plates slides underneath another and sinks into the layer below, where they meet; 3. The act of removing or taking something away.
