subsidationn.1
/ˌsʌbsᵻˈdeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsəbsəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Originally: †a precipitate or sediment (obsolete). Later: the action or process of forming sediment, precipitation. Cf. subsidence n. 1. Now rare.
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1772 W. Cullen Lect. Materia Medica 469 The different subsidations of the same process should be intimately mixed.
1848 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. I. 28 Leaving the whole to stand, and then pouring off the liquid from the sediment at the bottom, or drawing it off with a siphon, is the process of Subsidation and Decantation.
1910 P. Hubbard Dust Preventives & Road Binders xiv. 375 The two residues are..set aside for twenty-four hours without disturbing, or until it is seen that a good subsidation has taken place.
1957 R. J. Clarke Process Engin. in Food Industries iv. 111 Since settling occurs easily, a large part of the juice is removed by subsidation.
2. An instance of subsiding, falling back, or sinking down; (as a mass noun) subsidence. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > instance of
sit1679
sinka1718
subsidation1810
insinking1878
sinkage1882
1810 J. Smith Syst. Mod. Geogr. I. 394 The present situation of this forest is the consequence of a gradual subsidation of the surface at a very remote period.
1833 National Standard 26 Oct. 264/2 The embankments,..being made of sound materials, will stand at a much smaller angle, and be subject to comparatively little or no subsidation.
1878 J. Ross Bk. Sc. Poems 9 They represent the first subsidation of that poetic wave of which he formed the crest.
1936 B. John Pillar in Wilderness ii. 45 The House of Cain may have entered Sumer after the subsidation of the Flood.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface
hollowc897
printa1387
impression1398
puncha1430
dent1565
dint1590
dinge1611
doke1615
impressurea1616
depressure1626
depression1665
dawk1678
swage1680
indent1690
sinking1712
dunkle1788
indenture1793
delve1811
subsidation1838
indention1839
recess1839
indentation1847
incavation1852
deepening1859
sink1875
malleation1881
ding1922
1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 24 The protuberances or subsidations of the cranium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
subsidationn.2
/ˌsʌbsᵻˈdeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsəbsəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ = subsidization n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > subsidy by a state > subsidizing
subsidizing1753
subsidation1794
subsidization1845
1794 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXXVII. 622 It should be thought right..to advise His Majesty to enter into farther treaties of subsidation with the powers of Europe.
1857 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 20 337/2 A promise of subsidation from government on the completion of one or both lines.
1899 Public Opinion 27 July 115/1 Department stores whose subsidation of the ordinary daily paper amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.
1940 A. T. Bonnell German Control Internat. Econ. Relations, 1930–40 iv. 59 Schacht declared that subsidation of exports through supplementary exports and blocked marks was adequate.
1970 Art Educ. 23 viii. 15 National subsidation of art by committee still has to be proven.
2011 I. Stokmane in M. Zhou Adv. in Educ. & Managem. 357 The other problem was the short term wage subsidation for those who went back to work.
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