0 present participle of slump
1 (of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly:
Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year.
It may be that slumping occurred earlier than expected.
The homogenous, flat outer crater zone differs from morphological features obtained by slumping or by downfaulting of a terraced zone.
With a slumping economy and an unpopular incumbent, an out-party may achieve success despite an inappropriate strategy.
The slumping phase occurs over a sufficiently short time scale that the effects of mixing are likely to be of secondary importance.
It is argued and confirmed by experiment that the inertial phase is absent if viscous effects become important before the slumping phase has been completed.
The current remains in this slumping phase until the depth ratio of current to intruded fluid is reduced to less than about 0,075.
The gravity current is in the slumping phase in each view.
This will reduce over-cultivation with its attendant problems, such as slumping of the ridge, as well as compaction.
