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Definition of Subsidence

1. Noun. An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). "His cancer is in remission"

2. Noun. A gradual sinking to a lower level.

3. Noun. The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.

Definition of Subsidence

1. n. The act or process of subsiding.

Definition of Subsidence

1. Noun. The process of becoming less active or severe ¹

2. Noun. A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subsidence

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsidence

subsessile subset subsets subshaft subshafts subshell subshells subshift subshifts subshock

subshrub subshrubs subside subsided subsidence (current term) subsidences subsider subsiders subsides subsidiaries

subsidiarily subsidiarities subsidiarity subsidiary subsidiary company subsidiary ledger subsidies subsiding subsidisation

Literary usage of Subsidence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... areas interspersed with low coral islands—subsidence of their foundations—Barrier reefs—Fringing reefs—Conversion of fringing reefs into barrier reefs, ..."

2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... areas interspersed with low coral islands — subsidence of their foundations — Barrier reefs — Fringing reefs — Conversion of fringing reefs into barrier ..."

3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—subsidence of their foundations—Barrier Reefs—Fringing Reefs—Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, ..."

4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... reef-building corals can lire—Vast areas interspersed with low coral islands—subsidence uf their foundations—Barrier reefs —Fringing reefs—Conversion of ..."

5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1884)
"... Islands or Atolls— Depth at which reef-building Corals can live—Vast Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands — subsidence of their foundations—Barrier ..."

6. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... interspersed with low Coral Islands — subsidence of their foundations—Barrier Reefs —Fringing Reefs—Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, ..."

7. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1873)
"... Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—subsidence of their foundations—Barrier Reefs —Fringing Reefs—Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, ..."

8. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—subsidence of their foundations—Barrier Reefs—Fringing Reefs—Conversion of Fringing Reefs into Barrier Reefs, ..."

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