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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•duc•tion (səb duk′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or instance of subducting;
subtraction or withdrawal. - Geologythe process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another, localized along the juncture (subduc′tion zone′) of two plates.
- Latin subductiōn-, stem of subductiō pulling up, computation; see subduct, -ion
- 1570–80
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