subsidence 1. A sinking down of a part of the earth's crust, generally due to underground excavations. 2. The sudden sinking or gradual downward settling of the Earth's surface with little or no horizontal motion. The movement is not restricted in rate, magnitude, or area involved. Subsidence may be caused by natural geologic processes, such as solution, thawing, compaction, slow crustal warping, or withdrawal of fluid lava from beneath a solid crust; or by man's activity, such as subsurface mining or the pumping of oil or ground water [səb'saɪd(ə)ns] adj.

environ.

affaissement

subsidence

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Agriculture	1
Automated equipment	1
Coal	9
Construction	3
Earth sciences	2
Electronics	1
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General	6
Industry	1
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Labor law	1
Life sciences	11
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subsidence abbr.
gen.	affaissement de sol; affaissement de terrain
chem.	enlisement
coal.	cloche; effondrement; fondis
earth.sc.	subsidence du fond
life.sc. el.	compaction; tassement


substructure abbr.
chem.	infrastructure; fondation
comp.	structure mineure; structure inférieure; sous-structure
construct.	structure d'appui; semelle de fondation; couche de fondation; construction souterraine ou inférieure; souterrain


The abbr.
fin.	La Banque nationale suisse a huit succursales.De plus,vingt agences sont gérées par des banques cantonales.


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