单词 | overconsolidated |
释义 | overconsolidatedadj. Consolidated to an excessive degree; (spec. of soil) consolidated to a greater degree than could have been produced by the present pressure of overburden. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > consolidated settled1642 overconsolidated1936 1936 Proc. Internat. Conf. Soil Mech. & Found. Engin. 3 52 Tests with strongly overconsolidated soils. 1969 C. R. Scott Introd. Soil Mech. & Found. vi. 139 Dense sands and over-consolidated clays increase in volume when sheared, if they are free to do so. 2001 Crain's Chicago Business (Nexis) 6 Aug. 13 Mr. Klaff is turning his attention to overconsolidated industries, where companies in the '90s rushed to expand and now are struggling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1936 |
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