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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUBDUCT

From Latin subdūcere, from sub- + dūcere to lead, bring.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBDUCT

subduct  [səbˈdʌkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBDUCT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subduct is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb subduct in English.

WHAT DOES SUBDUCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

subduct

Subduction

In geology, subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones. Rates of subduction are typically centimetres per year, with the average rate of convergence being approximately two to eight centimetres per year. Plates include both oceanic crust and continental crust. Stable subduction zones involve the oceanic lithosphere of one plate sliding beneath the continental lithosphere or oceanic lithosphere of another plate due to the higher density of the oceanic lithosphere. That is, the subducted lithosphere is always oceanic while the over-riding lithosphere may or may not be oceanic. Subduction zones are sites of high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building. Orogenesis, or mountain-building, occurs when large pieces of material on the subducting plate are pressed into the over-riding plate or when subhorizontal contraction occurs in the over-riding plate.

Definition of subduct in the English dictionary

The definition of subduct in the dictionary is to draw or turn downwards. Other definition of subduct is to take away; deduct.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBDUCT

PRESENT

Present
I subduct
you subduct
he/she/it subducts
we subduct
you subduct
they subduct
Present continuous
I am subducting
you are subducting
he/she/it is subducting
we are subducting
you are subducting
they are subducting
Present perfect
I have subducted
you have subducted
he/she/it has subducted
we have subducted
you have subducted
they have subducted
Present perfect continuous
I have been subducting
you have been subducting
he/she/it has been subducting
we have been subducting
you have been subducting
they have been subducting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I subducted
you subducted
he/she/it subducted
we subducted
you subducted
they subducted
Past continuous
I was subducting
you were subducting
he/she/it was subducting
we were subducting
you were subducting
they were subducting
Past perfect
I had subducted
you had subducted
he/she/it had subducted
we had subducted
you had subducted
they had subducted
Past perfect continuous
I had been subducting
you had been subducting
he/she/it had been subducting
we had been subducting
you had been subducting
they had been subducting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will subduct
you will subduct
he/she/it will subduct
we will subduct
you will subduct
they will subduct
Future continuous
I will be subducting
you will be subducting
he/she/it will be subducting
we will be subducting
you will be subducting
they will be subducting
Future perfect
I will have subducted
you will have subducted
he/she/it will have subducted
we will have subducted
you will have subducted
they will have subducted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been subducting
you will have been subducting
he/she/it will have been subducting
we will have been subducting
you will have been subducting
they will have been subducting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would subduct
you would subduct
he/she/it would subduct
we would subduct
you would subduct
they would subduct
Conditional continuous
I would be subducting
you would be subducting
he/she/it would be subducting
we would be subducting
you would be subducting
they would be subducting
Conditional perfect
I would have subduct
you would have subduct
he/she/it would have subduct
we would have subduct
you would have subduct
they would have subduct
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been subducting
you would have been subducting
he/she/it would have been subducting
we would have been subducting
you would have been subducting
they would have been subducting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you subduct
we let´s subduct
you subduct
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to subduct
Past participle
subducted
Present Participle
subducting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBDUCT


abduct
æbˈdʌkt
adduct
əˈdʌkt
aqueduct
ˈækwɪˌdʌkt
conduct
ˈkɒndʌkt
coproduct
kəʊˈprɒdʌkt
deduct
dɪˈdʌkt
duct
dʌkt
educt
ˈiːdʌkt
induct
ɪnˈdʌkt
misconduct
mɪsˈkɒndʌkt
multiproduct
ˌmʌltɪˈprɒdʌkt
oviduct
ˈɒvɪˌdʌkt
prededuct
ˌpriːdɪˈdʌkt
product
ˈprɒdʌkt
reconduct
ˌriːkənˈdʌkt
reinduct
ˌriːɪnˈdʌkt
subproduct
ˈsʌbˌprɒdʌkt
superconduct
ˌsuːpərkənˈdʌkt
viaduct
ˈvaɪəˌdʌkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBDUCT

subdivisive
subdolous
subdominant
subdorsal
subduable
subduably
subdual
subduce
subduction
subduction zone
subdue
subdued
subduedly
subduedness
subduement
subduer
subduing
subduple
subduplicate
subdural

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBDUCT

air duct
banking product
bile duct
blood product
by-product
Cartesian product
code of conduct
cross product
disorderly conduct
dot product
end product
finished product
global product
gross domestic product
gross misconduct
primary product
professional misconduct
scalar product
tear duct
unprofessional conduct

Synonyms and antonyms of subduct in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «subduct» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBDUCT

Find out the translation of subduct to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subduct from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subduct» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俯冲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subconducto
570 millions of speakers

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subduct
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

subduct
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يستخفض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

subduct
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subduzir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

subduct
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous-conduit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Subduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Teilkanal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

沈み込む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

subduct
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subduct
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trấn áp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

subduct
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उप-भाग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

subduct
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

subduct
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

subduct
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

subduct
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subduct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

subduct
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afslaan
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

underrörände
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

subduct
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subduct

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBDUCT»

The term «subduct» is normally little used and occupies the 147.941 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBDUCT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «subduct» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «subduct» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subduct

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBDUCT»

Discover the use of subduct in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subduct and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plate Tectonics
Since oceanic crust is less dense than the mantle, the Archean oceanic lithosphere would have been more buoyant, and thus more difficult to subduct. A hotter mantle would also convect faster, probably causing plates to move faster, and thus ...
Kent C. Condie, 1997
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
SUBDU'CE (v. t.from tbe Lat. sub under, and duco to lead) To withdraw, to take away, to subduct, to sub- stract. Subdu'ced ( p. from subduce, but not mucb used) Subducted, withdrawn. Bubdu'cing (p. a. from subduce, but not mucb used) ...
John Ash, 1775
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Mantle Convection for Geologists
Except for lithosphere younger than about 20 Ma, the negative thermal buoyancy dominates and the lithosphere can subduct. The implications are fairly minor for the present Earth. Presumably any lithosphere younger than about 20 Ma that ...
Geoffrey F. Davies, 2011
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Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean
Sites where particles originating from the EUC (defined as in Figure 3) subduct for the last time before returning to the EUC through the interior (in mSv). Lagrangian mean transports with seasons resolved are used as well as seasonally ...
G.J. Goni, P. M. Rizzoli, 2003
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Ultima: The Last Things, in Reference to the First and ...
T he a Hebrews could subduct the time of sleep, which is half- our life. so that if sithe dayes of men were thretsearejmrs emdtm, here's ps,1,9o.zo_ z fir/e Andrhirtjjm-e struck off 'at one blow. The' Philosophers si could subduct the time of ...
Isaac Ambrose, 1650
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A Course of Experimental Philosophy
Resuming the Suppositions in the 68th Art. the Springs being supposed to add to A a Velocity as 1, must subduct from B an equal Velocity j and since the Velocity of the Space, and all contained in it was 1, the Body B will be absolutely at rest, ...
John Theophilus Desaguliers, 1744
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Handbook of Optical Fibers and Cables, Second Edition
Future subducts Subduct Cable Figure 39 Duct utilization and fill-ratio. tNote: The area of the cable divided by the area of the subduct should be less than or equal to 50% for ease of installation.) utilization, an additional cable could entangle ...
Murata, 1996
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Ocean Circulation Theory
What happens next to the fluid in layer 2 which is forced to subduct beneath layer 1? The Process of Subduct ion Consider Fig. 4.4.2 which schematically describes the event. The fluid column in layer 2 which is driven southward by the Ekman ...
Joseph Pedlosky, 1996
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The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy
If we subduct the 592 from 1022,. the difference is 430 years, from the vocation of Abraham to the exod, as assigned in Scripture, and in Josephus himself before. ( Antiq, 2. C. 6.) So that it should seem that the number 592, was intended by the ...
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Earth Lab: Exploring the Earth Sciences
Oceanic crust at depth is denser than the asthenosphere so it is able to subduct. Continental crust, on the other hand, is less dense so it does not subduct at a convergent plate boundary. The difference in density of oceanic and continental ...
Claudia Owen, Diane Pirie, Grenville Draper, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBDUCT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subduct is used in the context of the following news items.
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Western Pacific, Caribbean and Alaska: Earthquakes 15-21 July 2015
The Atlantic, in contrast to both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, has very little in the way of active subduction, with just two relatively short subduction zones. «Decoded Science, Jul 15»
2
What sent Hawaii's mountain chain east?
Over millions of years, the edges of some plates subduct — or slide down under a neighboring plate's edge — and melt. At other sites, new plate material slowly ... «Science News for Students, Apr 15»
3
Puzzling Layer of 'Stiff' Rock May Lurk Deep Inside Earth
In these regions, the leading edges of the oceanic plates can bend into slabs that dive or "subduct" under the continental plates and descend into the mantle. «Live Science, Mar 15»
4
Designing lab ventilation systems
Both the IMC and NFPA 45 have accepted the use of steel subduct extensions in lieu of fire dampers for duct penetrations through fire-resistance rated shaft ... «Consulting-Specifying Engineer, Jan 15»
5
A Snippet o' Subduction Zone Goodness for Ye
The Juan de Fuca plate is just a fragment of a larger plate. Eventually, it'll subduct under the North American plate, some amazing geology will happen, and then ... «Scientific American, Jan 15»
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Fault zone off NW coast silent: 'It's storing energy'
Geophysics professor Doug Toomey said he has been watching this for many years, and recent measurements confirm it: The dangerous Cascadia Subduction ... «KVAL, Dec 14»
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake - 64km S of Intipuca, El Salvador
Inclined zones of deep earthquakes (Wadati-Benioff zones), ocean trenches, and arcs of volcanoes clearly indicate subduction of oceanic lithosphere along the ... «YubaNet, Oct 14»
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Gravity Moved Continents on Early Earth
Crust is recycled at subduction zones, like the one that marks the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, where it sinks back down into the mantle. [In Images: How ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 14»
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Scientists solve riddle of Gisborne tsunami
East of Gisborne, where the Pacific crust subducts - moves underneath - the Australian plate, extinct volcanic mountains are creating sticking points, catching ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 14»
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New Zealand's Kermadec Islands Struck by M6.9 Earthquake
Today's quake was centered along a convergent boundary – specifically, a subduction zone, where the denser Pacific plate is slowly plunging beneath the less ... «Decoded Science, Jun 14»

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