Term: subduction: a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: structural genomics: the branch of genomics that determines the three-dimensional structures of proteins
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: iron: implement used to brand live stock
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: reharmonization: a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: luminous intensity unit: a measure of luminous intensity
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: burro: small donkey used as a pack animal
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: actinomyces: soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: shigellosis: an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: cosmic ray: highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: croton oil: viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: ideal: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain