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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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subside XVII. — L.
subsīdere, f.
SUB- +
sīdere settle, sink.
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subsidence †sediment; sinking or settling to the bottom XVII. — L.
subsīdentia.
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SUBSIDENCE: Beyond the Subsidence Squeeze
Magazine article from: Insurance Brokers' Monthly; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The current lull in subsidence activity gives GAB Robins' Nigel Barham, deputy chairman of the UK Subsidence Forum, an opportunity to contemplate what subsidence handling should be looking like in the 2010s It's not just the economy that...
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SUBSIDENCE CLAIMS: The Opportunity
Magazine article from: Insurance Brokers' Monthly and Insurance Adviser; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; New instructions for subsidence claims this Autumn have generally...insurance industry has escaped a major subsidence claims surge. But AMG's Frazer...opportunity presented by the increase in subsidence claims to differentiate their offering...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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subsidence fear could cause the real thing; financial mail.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 12/14/1997; 700+ words
; Byline: STEPHEN WOMACK SUBSIDENCE. The very word strikes fear into...stuff of nightmares. But fear of subsidence can cause almost as many problems...causing damage. The main cause of subsidence is soil drying out and shrinking...
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Subsidence needn't leave you in a hole If your walls are cracking, roof slipping and floors tipping up at the edges, don't panic. There are still insurers and buyers who will talk to you, says Jenny Knight
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; INSURANCE claims for subsidence are expected to rise in the wake...exceptionally dry summer. The word "subsidence" strikes terror into the hearts...been underpinned or has a history of subsidence can be used to knock thousands off...
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Subsidence takes root in British soil
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/25/1996; ; 700+ words
; SUBSIDENCE claims rose heavily last year as a result...are right about global warming then subsidence has become an endemic hazard of home...damaged by last year's soil shrinkage subsidence, but as yet undiagnosed. The full...
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Long-term subsidence associated with longwall mining--its causes, development and magnitude
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...results obtained from research on long-term subsidence over and near chain pillar systems - the area available to long-term subsidence in longwall operations. Although the long-term subsidence for most longwall operations is insignificant...
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Don't allow subsidence to give you that sinking feeling
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...insurance industry paid out pounds 326m in subsidence claims. This represented almost 45...part of the message in a leaflet on subsidence from the Royal Institute of Chartered...free booklet, Cracking the problem of subsidence, (01473 824447) which advises on...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Got that feeling?; SUBSIDENCE CLAIMS SOAR AFTER LONG, HOT SUMMER SUBSIDENCE CLAIMS SOAR.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...increase in insurance claims for subsidence and insurers fear it will be just...worse to come. Direct Line's subsidence claims manager Ian Brett-Pit, said, "Last year we handled 3,000 subsidence claims. At this time last year...
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Late Carboniferous tectonic subsidence in South Wales: Implications for Variscan basin evolution and tectonic history in SW Britain
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Wales coal basin. Resulting tectonic subsidence curves for the interval 319-305 Ma...convex-up, indicating increasing subsidence rate with time, with rates between...basin setting. Forward modelling of subsidence due to flexural loading in front of...
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Ekofisk automatic GPS subsidence measurements
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Every 30 Seconds Platform Subsidence and Horizontal Dislocations, Measured...for the reliable measurement of subsidence of several platforms in almost real...remedial work, and verification of subsidence models. GPS measurements are more...
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Subsidence
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Subsidence The term subsidence is used in both atmospheric and geological sciences. Atmospheric subsidence refers to the sinking of air that is denser (heavier) than the air below. As it subsides, increasing air pressure compresses the air...
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ground subsidence
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
ground subsidence Any downward movement of the ground surface may be referred to as subsidence, and it can occur on a variety of scales...natural ground cavity. Large-scale crustal subsidence is essential to the continued activity of...
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subsidence
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
subsidence lowering of a portion of the earth's crust. The subsidence of land areas over time has resulted in submergence by shallow seas (see oceans ). Land subsidence can occur naturally or through human activity...
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subsidence and uplift
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
subsidence and uplift The terms ‘subsidence’ and ‘uplift’ refer...essential to the understanding of mechanisms of large-scale subsidence and uplift: thermal perturbations of the lithosphere...
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cauldron-subsidence
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
cauldron-subsidence Collapse of a volcanic crater due to the evacuation of a large magma...fracture , or ring-dyke . There are many examples of cauldron-subsidence (e.g. Glen Coe, Scotland), although the various mechanisms...
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