Associations to the word «Subsidence»
Noun
- Aqueduct
- Beet
- Darwin
- Mantle
- Shear
- Working
- Continental
- Disruption
- Hadley
- Topography
- Underground
- Elevation
- Hazard
- Sucker
- Coral
- Catchment
- Mangrove
- Marsh
- Depression
- Convergence
- Limestone
- Catastrophe
- Sink
- Thickness
- Surveying
- Drilling
- Rise
- Flood
- Surge
- Consolidation
- Displacement
- Wasting
- Creep
- Reservoir
- Tunnel
- Depth
- Mine
- Cypress
- Surface
- Swell
- Compensation
- Dip
- Chesterfield
- Void
- Closure
- Terrain
- Spore
- Sea
- Zone
- Plate
- Damage
- Debris
- Lapse
- Anarchy
- Farmland
- Formation
- Fluctuation
- Sulfur
- Piston
- Ocean
- Magnitude
- Latitude
- Canal
- Deviation
- Carbonate
- Equator
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUBSIDENCE, noun. The process of becoming less active or severe
SUBSIDENCE, noun. (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
Dictionary definition
SUBSIDENCE, noun. An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission".
SUBSIDENCE, noun. A gradual sinking to a lower level.
SUBSIDENCE, noun. The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.