Subsidence

//ˈsʌbsɪdəns//

Synonyms for "subsidence" (71 found)

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Translations

22 translations across 11 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἵζημα noun (sinking of ground)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • səngimə noun (process of becoming less active)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 沉降 noun (sinking of ground)

Finnish

2 entries
  • laantuminen noun (process of becoming less active)
  • vajoaminen noun (sinking of ground)

French

1 entries
  • subsidence noun (sinking of ground)

German

4 entries
  • Abklingen noun (process of becoming less active)
  • Absenkung noun (sinking of ground)
  • Nachlassen noun (process of becoming less active)
  • Senkung noun (sinking of ground)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csillapodás noun (process of becoming less active)
  • lecsendesedés noun (process of becoming less active)

Italian

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  • subsidenza noun (sinking of ground)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • enfraquecimento noun (process of becoming less active)
  • subsidência noun (sinking of ground)

Russian

4 entries
  • спад noun (process of becoming less active)
  • у́быль noun (process of becoming less active)
  • успокое́ние noun (process of becoming less active)
  • утиха́ние noun (process of becoming less active)

Spanish

2 entries
  • debilitamiento noun (process of becoming less active)
  • subsidencia noun (sinking of ground)

Sample sentences

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Sea level rise at specific locations may be more or less than the global average due to many local factors: subsidence, upstream flood control, erosion, regional ocean currents, variations in land height, and whether the land is still rebounding from the compressive weight of Ice Age glaciers.

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The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.

Source: wiktionary

In the early hours of April 28, 1953, it was completely blocked by a subsidence, which caused the death of five persons, when a pair of semi-detached houses collapsed into the cavity.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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