subsidence
1subsidence — [ sypsidɑ̃s; sybzidɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1874; « sédiment, dépôt » méd. 1557; lat. subsidentia, p. ê. par l angl. ♦ Géol. Affaissement lent d une partie de l écorce terrestre sous le poids des sédiments. ♢ (1949) Météorol. Mouvement d affaissement d une… …
2Subsidence — Sub*sid ence, Subsidency Sub*sid en*cy, n. [L. subsidens, entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.] The act or process of subsiding. [1913 Webster] The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] …
3subsidence — index decline, decrease, descent (declination), lull, remission Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4subsidence — The traditional pronunciation is sǝb siy dǝns, with the stress on the second syllable, but the form sub si dǝns, with the stress on the first syllable under the influence of residence and subsidy, is also common in standard speech …
5subsidence — ► NOUN ▪ the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land …
6Subsidence — For subsidence in the atmosphere, see subsidence (atmosphere). A road destroyed by subsidence and shear, near Castleton, Derbyshire …
7subsidence — See subside. * * * ▪ geology sinking of the Earth s surface in response to geologic or man induced causes. When subsidence occurs in great belts, providing troughs for the accumulation of sediments, the resulting features are termed… …
8Subsidence — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Dans divers domaines, la subsidence décrit un mouvement vers le bas d un ensemble important. Inspiré de son usage anglophone, ce terme revêt généralement… …
9subsidence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ rapid, slow VERB + SUBSIDENCE ▪ suffer from (esp. BrE) ▪ A number of houses had suffered from subsidence. SUBSIDENCE + VERB …
10subsidence — [[t]səbsa͟ɪd(ə)ns, sʌ̱bsɪd(ə)ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT When there is subsidence in a place, the ground there sinks to a lower level. A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned …
11subsidence — (entrée créée par le supplément) (sub si dan s ) s. f. Terme de géologie. Action de descendre au dessous du niveau, affaissement. • Elles marquent probablement la limite extrême de l affaissement, ou, pour employer l expression anglaise, de la… …
12subsidence — sub|si|dence [səbˈsaıdəns, ˈsʌbsıdəns] n [U and C] the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than the land surrounding it, or a building begins to sink into the ground ▪ Is your house insured against subsidence? …
13subsidence — noun (C, U) the process by which land sinks to a lower level, or the state of land or buildings that have sunk: Is your house insured against subsidence? …
14subsidence — noun see subside …
15subsidence — noun a) The process of becoming less active or severe b) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic ac …
16subsidence — Sinking or settling in bone, as of a prosthetic component of a total joint implant. * * * sub·si·dence (subґsĭ dəns) settling of a component or components of the prosthesis after arthroplasty; a small amount is normal, but if it… …
17subsidence — sinking to a lower level …
18subsidence — Lowering of the surface of the ground because of removal of support. Caused in karst areas by subterranean solution or collapse of caves [10] …
19subsidence — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, cadence, catabasis, catenary, cessation, coast, collapse, crash, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, decurrence, diminuendo, dive,… …
20subsidence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or process of becoming less active or intense: abatement, ebb, letup, remission, slackening, wane. See INCREASE …
