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Benioff zone

Benioff zone is the alternative form of Wadati-Benioff zone.

Meaning of Wadati-Benioff zone

Noun

Wadati-Benioff zone (plural Wadati-Benioff zones)

  1. A deep-level seismic zone on the line of subduction where earthquakes occur.
    Synonyms:
    Benioff zone

Forms of Benioff zone

pluralBenioff zones

Origin of Benioff zone

Named after the discoverer, American seismologist Hugo Benioff

Questions about Benioff zone

What is Benioff zone the alternative form of?
Benioff zone is the alternative form of Wadati-Benioff zone.

Words near Benioff zone in the dictionary

  1. Beninese
  2. Beningbrough
  3. Benington
  4. Beninois
  5. Benioff
  6. Benioff zone
  7. Benioff zones
  8. benippled
  9. benis
  10. beniseed
  11. beniseeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Benioff zone (page history and authors); Wadati-Benioff zone (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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