Definition of Subsidency. Meaning of Subsidency. Synonyms of Subsidency

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Definition of Subsidency

Subsidency
Subsidence Sub*sid"ence, Subsidency Sub*sid"en*cy, n. [L. subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See Subside.] The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. --Bp. Warburton.

Meaning of Subsidency from wikipedia

- Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities...
- the subsidence model and the antecedent karst model, have been used to explain the development of atolls. According to Charles Darwin's subsidence model...
- In meteorology, subsidence is the downward movement of an air parcel as it cools and becomes denser. By contrast, warm air becomes less dense and moves...
- Tectonic subsidence is the sinking of the Earth's crust on a large scale, relative to crustal-scale features or the geoid. The movement of crustal plates...
- A subsidence crater is a hole or depression left on the surface of an area which has had an underground (usually nuclear) explosion. Many such craters...
- ISBN 978-0-8137-5655-4. Retrieved 24 September 2021. "Earth Fissures, Subsidence & Karst in Arizona". AZGS. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2021....
- In meteorology, an inversion (or temperature inversion) is a phenomenon in which a layer of warmer air overlies cooler air. Normally, air temperature gradually...
- flexes in response to the load on the mantle, causing depression and subsidence (foredeep) followed by the forebulging in the front. The forebulge area...
- to 28 feet. During drought years, the valley is prone to accelerated subsidence due to groundwater extraction. California periodically experiences droughts...
- manifestations of global warming like sea level rise exacerbated by land subsidence. Climate change has spawned the development of a significant climate resiliency...