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downlift en · NOUN

Etymology

From down- + lift.

Meanings

1. A lowering of the ground caused by geological forces.
   • The structure's magma chamber remains active as there apparently are solfataras, hot springs, gas emissions and frequent episodes of large-scale up- and downlift ground deformation (Bradyseism) do occur. 2024 November 2, Wikipedia contributors, “Campanian Ignimbrite eruption”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
   • This is explained as an uplift in the coast at a rate of 16.2 mm/y in the period before 1900, a downlift of 2.8 mm/y in the period 1900-1906 and a rapid «sinking» of the coast at 22.7 mm/y in the 24 months before the earthquake. 1982, Earthquakes: Observation, Theory and Interpretation (Proceeding of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"; course 85), North-Holland Publishing Company, page 517:

Forms

Relateds

uplift

Translations (1)

bg потъване (lowering of the ground)