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Meaning
noun a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
originFrom Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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