沈ちん降こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sedimentation; precipitation; settling

Technical term for particles or cells settling out of a fluid; common in chemistry, biology, and geology.

• 赤せっ血けっ球きゅう沈ちん降こう速そく度どを測そく定ていする。

  Measure the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

• 溶よう液えき中ちゅうの粒りゅう子しが沈ちん降こうして沈ちん殿でんができた。

  Particles in the solution settled and formed a precipitate.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

subsidence; sinking; submerging

Used for land, structures, or objects sinking or settling downward, often due to weight or geological processes.

• 地じ盤ばん沈ちん降こうによって建たて物ものが傾かたむいた。

  The building tilted due to land subsidence.

• 埋うめ立たて地ちが長なが年ねんの間あいだに沈ちん降こうした。

  The reclaimed land sank over many years.