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    3. 沈降

    沈降

    沈ちん降こう

    sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells)

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    ちんこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells), precipitation, settling
    2.
    subsidence (e.g. of land), sinking, submerging

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    泥どろが水いちゅ中うで沈ちん降こうした。

    The mud settled in the water.

    KMT8Science & Math
    溶よう液えき中ちゅうの不ふ純じゅん物ぶつが沈ちん降こうする。

    Impurities in the solution settle.

    KMT10Science & Math
    地じ盤ばんの沈ちん降こうは、建たて物ものの構こう造ぞうに深しん刻こくな影えい響きょうを与あたえる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Land subsidence can have a serious impact on building structures.

    KMT10Science & MathHome & Housing
    海かい洋よう学がく者しゃは、深しん海かいの堆たい積せき物ぶつの沈ちん降こう速そく度どを研けん究きゅうしている。

    Oceanographers are studying the sedimentation rate of deep-sea sediments.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    化か学がく実じっ験けんでは、反はんの応うによって生しょうじた固こ形けい物ぶつが容よう器きの底そこに沈しん降こうした。

    In the chemistry experiment, the solids produced by the reaction settled at the bottom of the container.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    沈
    しず.む・しず.める…(3)
    sink・be submerged・subside・be depressed・aloes
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
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