sub|duct

sub|duct
sub|duct «suhb DUHKT», transitive verb, intransitive verb.
1. to draw down or downward.
2. to take away; subtract; deduct.
3. Geology. to sink or cause to sink under the margin or edge of a crustal plate: »

When an oceanic plate collides with a continental one, the oceanic plate usually dives toward the mantle and is subducted. That is because the continental plates are thicker and more buoyant (Scientific American).

[< Latin subductus, past participle of subdūcere to lead away < sub- away + dūcere to lead]

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