Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obduction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: ob-duc-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The overthrusting of continental crust by oceanic crust or rocks from the mantle, such that the oceanic crust is thrust onto the continental crust, as occurs at a convergent plate boundary when the continental crust is caught in a subduction zone.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Around Arabia - as well as in the Himalayas - these obductions completely obliterated the Neotethyan ocean, which in this time frame is represented only by a few exotic blocks and by Permo-Triassic pelagic sediments found at the sole of the Cretaceous ophiolites."
"These frictional forces slowed the obduction of the ophiolite onto the continental margin and obduction ceased after the nappe was transported 100–200 km."
"Ongoing accretion at a subduction zone, and the obduction of intact ophiolite slabs, are not considered to be collision."

Etymology

Latin obductio; see Latin ob, ductio.

Usage

Inflected Forms

obductions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

obduce obduct subduction

Questions

What does obduction mean?: The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
Where does obduction come from?: Latin obductio; see Latin ob, ductio.

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