slumping

Определение slumping в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Downward slipping of soil into a river channel; also called sloughing; Use of heat to bend glass into decorative shapes; the slow and gradual slippage of all layers of soil so that the bottom of a hillside becomes level with the lowlands or even tipped upward; a landslide that is caused when a mass of rock becomes saturated with water and slides downward Mesa Field Trip; A landslide that moves over a short distance A slump block generally moves downward and outward from a slope
slump: To decline or fall off in activity or performance
slump: To slouch or droop
slump: {i} recession, sudden decrease; drooping posture, slouch; collapse; period of time in which performance is poor
slump: {v} to sink or fall into water or mud, through ice or other hard surface
slump: To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; said of masses of earth or rock
slump: assume a drooping posture or carriage
slump: not strong enough to bear the person
slump: (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
slump: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
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
slump: 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
slump: To collapse heavily or helplessly
slump: To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points
slump: 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
slump: 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
slump: A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor. the slump of the early 1980s. = recession
slump: 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
slump: A falling or declining, esp
slump: A Technique used to form glass using a mold, heat and gravity
slump: A boggy place
slump: the complex movement of materials on a slope; includes rotational slump
slump: A measure of the consistency of concrete in inches The distance the concrete slumps from its original 12" molded form
slump: A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period
slump: A landslide characterized by the downward slipping of one or more masses of rock or unconsolidated debris along curved slip surfaces, accompanied by a backward tilting about a horizontal axis that is parallel to the slope from which the mass descends
slump: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
slump: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
slump: a mass movement process in which slope failure occurs on a usually curved slip surface and the unit moves downslope as an intact block, frequently rotating outward Slumps appear as discrete block movements, often in place, whereas slides usually break up and travel downslope
slump: A landslide where the underlying rock masses tilt back as they slide from a cliff or escarpment
slump: the downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated material moving as a unit along a spoon-shaped surface, usually with backward rotation
slump: The gross amount; the mass; the lump
slump: If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount. Net profits slumped by 41% Government popularity in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level since the 1970s. Slump is also a noun. a slump in property prices
slump: A type of landslide in which a coherent mass of soil moves as a unit above a curved failure surface
slump: another word for a recession, a decrease in demand, output, etc
slump: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
slump: A SLIDE characterized by a rotary movement of a generally independent mass of rock or earth along a curved slip surface
slump: {f} fall, collapse; droop, slouch; decline, decrease, deteriorate; sink down, settle
slump: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
slump: The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place
slump: measurement that indicates the rate of workability of plastic concrete, lower is drier
slump: To lump; to throw into a mess
slump: suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc
slump: 1 A downward and outward slide occurring along a concave slip plane 2 The material that breaks off in such a slide