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back-arc

back-arc is the alternative form of backarc.

Meaning of backarc

Noun

backarc (plural backarcs)

  1. The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.

Forms of back-arc

pluralback-arcs

Questions about back-arc

What is back-arc the alternative form of?
Back-arc is the alternative form of backarc.

Words near back-arc in the dictionary

  1. back-announced
  2. back-announcement
  3. back-announcements
  4. back-announces
  5. back-announcing
  6. back-arc
  7. back-arcs
  8. back-assward
  9. back-asswards
  10. back-bench
  11. back-bencher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back-arc (page history and authors); backarc (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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