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subduction.

The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/səbˈdʌkʃən/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The act of subducting or taking away.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Arithmetical subtraction.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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