Translation of "affossamento" into English
subsidence, ditch, settling are the top translations of "affossamento" into English.
Affondamento improvviso o graduale assestamento verso il basso della superficie terrestre con poco o nessun movimento orizzontale.
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subsidence
nounThe 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.
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ditch
nountrench
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settling
nounThe 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.
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Less frequent translations
- subsiding
- ditching
- dip
- hole
- hollow
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soil subsidence