subsidence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
subsidence (countable and uncountable, plural subsidences)
- The process of becoming less active or severe.
- 1754, William Warburton, Sermon preached before the King, at Kensington, October 27, 1754
- The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
- 1754, William Warburton, Sermon preached before the King, at Kensington, October 27, 1754
- (geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion.
- 1961 Novenber, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651:
- Everyone knows that a main line running through a coalfield is prone to speed restrictions because of land subsidence. [...] The rate of subsidence may vary from less than an inch a month in the case of a deep seam of coal, to as rapid a decline as 16in a month above a shallow seam. The effect of subsidence on permanent way and civil engineering structures needs no emphasis.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- subside (verb)
Translations[edit]
process of becoming less active
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sinking of ground
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
subsidence f (plural subsidences)
Further reading[edit]
- “subsidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.