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noun
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
The act of subducting or taking away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Arithmetical subtraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
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noun
a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geological process, geologic process
History
From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
