subsidence

English

Etymology

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɨdəns/, /sʌbˈsaɪdəns/

Noun

subsidence (countable and uncountable, plural subsidences)

1. The process of becoming less active or severe
   • Bishop Warburton

     The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.

2. (geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion

Translations

process of becoming less active

• Finnish: laantuminen (fi)
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• Portuguese: enfraquecimento (pt) m
• Russian: успокое́ние (ru) n (uspokojénije), утиха́ние (ru) n (utixánije), спад (ru) m (spad), у́быль (ru) f (úbylʹ)
• Spanish: debilitamiento (es) m

sinking of ground due to underground excavation, seismic activity or groundwater depletion

• Finnish: vajoaminen
• French: subsidence (fr) f
• German: Absenkung f, Setzung (de) f, Versenkung (de) f

• Portuguese: subsidência f
• Spanish: subsidencia f

Related terms

• subside verb