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noun
1.
an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
2.
Geology. the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture (subduction zone) of two plates.
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Subduction
is always a great word to know.
So is loam. Does it mean:
| rich soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand, silt and a smaller proportion of clay |
| slow movement of water through the pores in soil or permeable rock |
Example Sentences
- Convergent boundaries are often subduction zones, where the heavier plate slips under the lighter plate.
- He said great earthquakes along patches of fault in this subduction zone come as no surprise.
- Water is key to subduction, and subduction seems to be what is unique.
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Word Origin & History
subduction
c.1620, "withdrawal, removal," from L. subductionem (nom. subductio), from subductus, pp. of subducere (see subduce). Geological sense is attested from 1970, from Fr. (1951).
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Science Dictionary
subduction  (səb-dŭk'shən) Pronunciation Key
A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another. The denser of the two plates sinks beneath the other. As it descends, the plate often generates seismic and volcanic activity (from melting and upward migration of magma) in the overriding plate. Compare obduction. subduct verb |
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