subduction
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
Other meanings
The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
The act of subducting or taking away.
Related words
- palaeosubduction
- subduction zone
Where this comes from
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