Subsidence
[səb'saɪd(ə)ns;'sʌbsɪd(ə)ns] or [səb'saɪdns]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Subsidency
Typed by Deirdre
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sinking, settling.[2]. Decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb.
Edited by Emily
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Settlement, sinking, retreat, refluence, ebb, decrease
ANT:Rising, affluence, flow, inundation, agitation, swelling, intumescence, increase
Inputed by Hannibal
Examples
- W erner thought that the earth showed universal strata like the layers of an onion, the mountains being formed by erosion, subsidence, cavings-in. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was on the principle of the gradual subsidence (and elevation) of the bed of the Pacific Ocean that Darwin accounted for the formation of coral reefs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- During these latter periods there will probably be more variability in the forms of life; during periods of subsidence, more extinction. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- With the subsidence of Esmeralda the lioness renewed her efforts to wriggle her huge bulk through the weakening lattice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Toni