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slump
1. a decline in commercial activity, prices, etc.
2. Economics another word for depression
3. a slipping of earth or rock; landslide

slump [sləmp]
(geology)
A type of landslide characterized by the downward slipping of a mass of rock or unconsolidated debris, moving as a unit or several subsidiary units, characteristically with backward rotation on a horizontal axis parallel to the slope; common on natural cliffs and banks and on the sides of artificial cuts and fills.

slump
A measure of consistency of freshly mixed concrete, mortar, or stucco; equal to the decrease in height, measured to the nearest ΒΌ in. (6 mm) of the molded mass immediately after its removal from a slump cone.


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0 percent in March on a 12-month basis as the rate of decline slowed after recent sharp slumps thanks to government scrapping schemes, the ACEA industry association said on Thursday.
When the upper back slumps forward, it presses the rib cage down on the abdominal organs.
Batting slumps can do far more that merely divot the batting averages.
 
 
 
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