(i) A mass movement process characterized by a landslide involving a shearing and rotary movement of a generally independent mass of rock or earth along a curved slip surface (concave upward) and about an axis parallel to the slope from which it descends, and by backward tilting of the mass with respect to that slope so that the slump surface often exhibits a reversed slope facing uphill (ii) The landform or mass of material slipped down during, or produced by a slump
A landslide where the underlying rock masses tilt back as they slide from a cliff or escarpment Slumps are sometimes caused by clear cutting on unstable soils
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc
To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points
If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill. She slumped into a chair He saw the driver slumped over the wheel
Tendency of a solder cream to spread out from the original shape and position in which it was printed or dispensed and hence bridge between pads or create solder balls
A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor. the slump of the early 1980s. = recession
The permanent distortion of wares by downward bending, during the firing process Can be caused by inadequate supporting of wares during the firing and/or overfiring