- subsidence of ground
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English-german engineering dictionary. 2013.
subsidence of ground
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subsidence — [[t]səbsa͟ɪd(ə)ns, sʌ̱bsɪd(ə)ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT When there is subsidence in a place, the ground there sinks to a lower level. A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned … English dictionary
subsidence — sub|si|dence [səbˈsaıdəns, ˈsʌbsıdəns] n [U and C] the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than the land surrounding it, or a building begins to sink into the ground ▪ Is your house insured against subsidence? … Dictionary of contemporary English
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subsidence — Lowering of the surface of the ground because of removal of support. Caused in karst areas by subterranean solution or collapse of caves [10] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
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extensometer — An instrument used for measuring vertical deformation of finegrained beds in the subsoil under stress. Vertical extensometers commonly are installed when land subsidence follows ground water withdrawal. Extensometers also are used to measure… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Nuclear bunker buster — Subsidence craters left over after underground nuclear (test) explosions Bunker busting nuclear weapons, also known as earth penetrating weapons (EPW), are a type of nuclear weapon designed to penetrate into soil, rock, or concrete to deliver a… … Wikipedia
