Definitions from Wiktionary (subduction)
▸ noun: The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
▸ noun: (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
▸ noun: The act of subducting or taking away.
▸ noun: Arithmetical subtraction.
▸ noun: (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
subduction zone,
subduction zones,
plate subduction,
subduction boundary,
Cascadia subduction zone,
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▸ noun: The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
▸ noun: (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
▸ noun: The act of subducting or taking away.
▸ noun: Arithmetical subtraction.
▸ noun: (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Similar:
submergement,
plunge,
subduing,
subversion,
subduement,
submerger,
detrusion,
subdual,
undershift,
downflex,
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Adjectives:
oblique,
active,
dipping,
continental,
oceanic,
shallow,
directed,
eastward,
intracontinental,
deep,
flat
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