subsidence

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming less active or severe.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.

Sinonieme

settling

fall

collapse

subsiding

abatement

descent

sinking

deterioration

remittal

decay

remission

mitigation

decrease

breakdown

cave in

demotion

deposit

deposition

derogation

destruction

diminishment

dip

disrating

downward

dregs

drop

dropping

end

🔚

extinction

failure

falling down

humiliation

landslide

lessening

lowering

precipitate

precipitation

prolapse

prostration

pulling down

recession

recoil

reduction

relegation

relief

retreat

retrenchment

ruin

sag

sediment

Vertalings

affaissement

subsidence

Senkung

subsidência

cedimento

subsidenza

apaciguamiento

Bodensenkung

calo

abaissement

هبوط

effondrement

verzakking

abbassamento

affossamento

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʌbsɪdəns/

Etimologie (Engels)

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere.