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Summary

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subduction:
- Wiktionary:
  subduction → subduction
- Synonyms for "subduction":
  geological process; geologic process

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subduction:
- Wiktionary:
  subduction → subduction

English

Detailed Translations for subduction from English to French

subduction:

Synonyms for "subduction":

geological process; geologic process

Related Definitions for "subduction":

a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate¹

Wiktionary Translations for subduction:

subduction

noun

géologie|fr Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement une plaque océanique sous une plaque continentale ou océanique, ce qui repousse la seconde plaque vers le haut.
- subduction → subduction

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