English-Thai Dictionary

subsidence

N การทรุดตัว ลง  การ จม ลง  การ ยุบล ง  fall landslide sinking kan-sud-tua-long

 

subsidence

N การ ลดน้อยลง  การ บรรเทา ลง  abatement decrease lessening kan-lod-noi-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSIDENCE, SUBSIDENCY

n.The act or process of sinking or falling, as the lees of liquors. 1. The act of sinking or gradually descending, as ground.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBSIDENCE; SUBSIDENCY

Sub *sid "ence, Sub *sid "en *cy, n. Etym: [L. subsidens, -entis, p.pr. of subsidere. See Subside. ]

 

Defn: The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

subsidence

sub sid ence |səbˈsīdns, ˈsəbsidns səbˈsaɪdns ˈsəbsədns | ▶noun the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin subsidentia ‘sediment, ’ from the verb subsidere (see subside ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

subsidence

subsidence |səbˈsʌɪd (ə )ns, ˈsʌbsɪd (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin subsidentia ‘sediment ’, from the verb subsidere (see subside ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

subsidence

subsidence noun subsidence due to coal mining is a notorious problem: collapse, caving in, falling in, giving way, sinking, settling.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

subsidence

sub sid ence /səbsáɪd (ə )ns, sʌ́bsɪd -/名詞 U C (土地 建物などの )沈下, 陥没, 倒壊 (の状態 ); (水などが )引くこと, 鎮静 .