subduct
11subduct — sub•duct [[t]səbˈdʌkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause the subduction of 2) archaic to take away 3) to undergo subduction • Etymology: 1565–75; < L subductus, ptp. of subdūcere to draw up, withdraw =sub sub +dūcere to lead …
12subduct — v.t. draw or turn downwards; deduct. ♦ subduction, n. turning downward; Geology, movement of one part of earth s crust beneath another …
13subduct — səbˈdəkt verb Etymology: Latin subductus, past participle of subducere to withdraw : withdraw, subtract, deduct, remove …
14subduce, subduct — To pull or draw downward. [L. sub duco, pp. ductus, to lead away] …
15Subduction — In geology, a subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates meet and move towards one another, with one sliding underneath the other and moving down into the mantle, at rates typically measured in centimeters per year. An oceanic… …
16Convergent boundary — In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. As …
17Coast Range Arc — Image of the Pacific Northwest. Red indicates the inferred boundaries of the Coast Range Arc. The Coast Range Arc was a large volcanic arc system, extending from northern Washington through British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle to… …
18Nonaddition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Subduction < N PARAG:Nonaddition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 subduction subduction subtraction Sgm: N 1 deduction deduction retrenchment Sgm: N 1 removal removal Sgm: N 1 ablation ablation sublation Sgm: N …
19subduction — [səb dʌkʃ(ə)n] noun Geology the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth s crust into the mantle beneath another plate. Derivatives subduct verb Origin 1970s: via Fr. from L. subductio(n ), from subduct , subducere draw… …
20Subduce — Sub*duce , Subduct Sub*duct , v. t. [L. subducere, subductum; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See {Duke}, and cf. {Subdue}.] 1. To withdraw; to take away. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. [1913… …
