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subduction

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10 lettersPronunciation /səbˈdʌkʃən/Part of speech nounSorted bcdinostuuStarts with SEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

Word origin

From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.

Used in a sentence

  • Therefore, both a mantle plume and also the subductions of the oceanic plates may have mutually contributed to create the magmatic zone.
  • 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.
  • threatened the subduction of his own presence

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