圧あつ密みつ

noun

consolidation

Technical term used in soil mechanics and geology for the process by which soil or sediment decreases in volume under pressure.

• 軟なん弱じゃく地じ盤ばんでは圧あつ密みつ沈ちん下かが問もん題だいになる。

  On soft ground, consolidation settlement becomes a problem.

• 圧あつ密みつ試し験けんの結けっ果かから圧あつ密みつ係けい数すうを求もとめる。

  The coefficient of consolidation is obtained from the results of the consolidation test.