subsidence

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈsʌbsɪdəns/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere.

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