The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object. / (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

plural of subduction

(transitive) To push under or below. / (intransitive) To move downwards underneath something. / (rare) To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subduct

present participle of subduct

simple past tense and past participle of subduct

(geology) Of, related to, or caused by tectonic plate subduction

In a subductive manner.

(geology) A region of the Earth where one tectonic plate dives beneath another into the interior of the Earth.

plural of subduction zone