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Word: Subduction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s: via French from Latin subductio(n-), from subduct- ‘drawn from below’, from the verb subducere
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səbˈdʌkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Short Definition:sideways and downward movement of edge of plate of earth's crust into mantle beneath another plate
Examples:- subduction zone
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