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Setzung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • subsidence noun The process of becoming less active or severe.

Senses

Setzung is used for these senses in English:

  • subsidence (geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.

subsidence — full definition

  1. noun The process of becoming less active or severe.
  2. noun A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.
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