downgoing
Speech parts
1. downgoing - Noun
2. downgoing - Adjective
Meaning
downgoing (not comparable)
(sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
downgoing (plural downgoings)
(rare, poetic) A descent
Antonyms
Examples
Accretion occurs over geoidal lows that can be caused by avalanche slabs or the downgoing limbs of convection cells.
One of the most significant correlations discovered to date is that lithospheric plates attached to downgoing (subducting) plates move much faster than plates not attached to subducting plates.