Definitie en betekenis van "subsidence"in het Engels

Subsidence

verzakking, inklinking

the process during which a building or piece of land sinks to a lower level or to the ground

Voorbeelden

Engineers monitored the area for subsidence to ensure the stability of the newly constructed dam.

Ingenieurs hebben het gebied gecontroleerd op verzakking om de stabiliteit van de nieuw gebouwde dam te waarborgen.

the sudden falling in of a surface into a hollow or void beneath it

Voorbeelden

Subsidence of the roof forced evacuation of the building.

a decrease in intensity, severity, or degree of something

Voorbeelden

There was subsidence in political tensions after the negotiation.

Lexicale Boom

subsidence

subside

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