transitive (a) to secure with a suture, to sew or stitch up; (b) Geology to join (lithospheric plates) by means of a suture; often with together.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > tectonize [verb (transitive)] > movement of lithospheric plates (3) suture1886 transitive (a) to secure with a suture, to sew or stitch up; (b) Geology to join (lithospheric plates) by means of a suture; often with together. subduct1970 transitive (in passive) and intransitive. Geology. Of a crustal plate, or section of the earth's crust: to move downwards and at an angle into… obduct1971 transitive. Geology. To cause to undergo obduction. Usually in passive. |
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