slumpingn.²

/ˈslʌmpɪŋ/

Etymology: < slump v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Geomorphology.

The fall of soil, sediment, or the like in a slump (slump n.² 2b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water

land-rushc1550

slide1664

landslip1679

pitting1686

rockfall?1797

shoot1820

landslide1822

run1827

mountain slide1830

slip1838

slough1838

mudslide1848

founder1882

creep1889

soil-creep1897

rock creep1902

slump1905

solifluction1906

slumping1907

slopewash1938

sludging1946

mass wasting1951

1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. vi. 106 Slumping is very common on slopes composed of unconsolidated material, such as clay or accumulations of loose rock.

1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 148 Similar conditions favour landslides on a bigger scale, wherever slumping (Fig. 63) or sliding (Fig. 64) can occur on the sides of undercut slopes, precipices, and cliffs.

1979 Geogr. Mag. July 668/3 Many sub-circular pans on the Essex marshes may be formed by the blocking-off by slumping and vegetation overgrowth of the large number of creek heads which appear rounded in outline.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

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ˈslumping n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > placing together as a mass or quantity

lumping1757

slumping1822

1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 147 This ‘slumping’..will never serve to pay to the landlord that identical interest [etc.].

1850 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Mar. 191/2 The slumping of the whole loss into the arbitrary..sum of five pounds.

1873 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 439 The slumping together of multitudes of cases.

ˈslumping adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [adjective] > declining in price > causing sudden decline

slumping1899

1899 Church Times 13 Oct. 421/1 The vicious operations of the slumping bear and the tossing bull.

单词	slumping
释义	slumpingn.² /ˈslʌmpɪŋ/ Etymology: < slump v.² + -ing suffix¹. Geomorphology. The fall of soil, sediment, or the like in a slump (slump n.² 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water land-rushc1550 slide1664 landslip1679 pitting1686 rockfall?1797 shoot1820 landslide1822 run1827 mountain slide1830 slip1838 slough1838 mudslide1848 founder1882 creep1889 soil-creep1897 rock creep1902 slump1905 solifluction1906 slumping1907 slopewash1938 sludging1946 mass wasting1951 1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. vi. 106 Slumping is very common on slopes composed of unconsolidated material, such as clay or accumulations of loose rock. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 148 Similar conditions favour landslides on a bigger scale, wherever slumping (Fig. 63) or sliding (Fig. 64) can occur on the sides of undercut slopes, precipices, and cliffs. 1979 Geogr. Mag. July 668/3 Many sub-circular pans on the Essex marshes may be formed by the blocking-off by slumping and vegetation overgrowth of the large number of creek heads which appear rounded in outline. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmas ˈslumping ˈslumping n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > placing together as a mass or quantity lumping1757 slumping1822 1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 147 This ‘slumping’..will never serve to pay to the landlord that identical interest [etc.]. 1850 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Mar. 191/2 The slumping of the whole loss into the arbitrary..sum of five pounds. 1873 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) 439 The slumping together of multitudes of cases. extracted from slumpv.¹ ˈslumping ˈslumping adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [adjective] > declining in price > causing sudden decline slumping1899 1899 Church Times 13 Oct. 421/1 The vicious operations of the slumping bear and the tossing bull. extracted from slumpv.² < n.²1907 as lemmas
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slumpingn.2

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slumpingn.²