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How to pronounce “subduction

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Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of subduction with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanitySo in this way, subduction zones are like portals into the deep earth,
Definition summary
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.

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How to pronounce subduction

The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity

So in this way, subduction zones are like portals into the deep earth,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “subduction

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • 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.
  • The act of subducting or taking away.
  • Arithmetical subtraction.
  • (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.

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