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Definition of Subduction
1. Noun. A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate.
Definition of Subduction
1. n. The act of subducting or taking away.
Definition of Subduction
1. Noun. the action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subduction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subduction
Literary usage of Subduction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"Because the new axis of spreading developed behind the subduction trench, ...
subduction of the oceanic crust and the growth of an accretionary wedge of ..."
2. Renewable Energy: RD&D Priorities, Insights from IEA Technology Programmes by International Energy Agency (2006)
"World pattern of plates, oceanic ridges, oceanic trenches, subduction zones, and
geothermal fields Russia EURASIAN PLATE El Salvador Philippines PACIFIC ..."
3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"At a subduction zone, not all of the descending plate is subducted and resorbed.
At least part of the veneer of deep ocean sediments is often scraped off ..."
4. Texas and the Texans: Or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West by Henry Stuart Foote (1841)
"Scheme for her subduction. Colonization from the United States obstructed.
Custom-houses established. Oppression growing out of the conduct of the Mexican ..."
5. A treatise on the diseases of the eye and its appendages by Richard Middlemore (1835)
"... are most commonly employed for the subduction of ocular inflammation —such,
for instance, as bleeding, counter irritation, stimulating applications, ..."
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