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usteq

usteq noun: catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion.

Noun

usteq (uncountable)

  1. (Alaska) Catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion.
    • When the threat of permafrost thaw is high in a location also subject to erosion and flooding, the occurrence of usteq may be high.2019 November, University of Alaska Fairbanks & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Statewide Threat Assessment, Denali Commission, →OCLC, page 3-1
    • Newtok was able to win roughly $1.7 million in 2018 to buy out seven of the most usteq-threatened homes in Newtok.2021, Elizaveta Barrett Ristroph, “Navigating climate change adaptation assistance for communities”, in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, volume 11, number 3, Springer, →ISSN, page 333...

Origin of usteq

Borrowed from Yup'ik uste- (“erode, cave in”). First attested in 2018.

Questions about usteq

What does usteq mean?
Usteq means catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion.
What part of speech is usteq?
Usteq is a noun.

Words near usteq in the dictionary

  1. USTC
  2. Uste
  3. ustekinumab
  4. ustept
  5. ustepts
  6. usteq
  7. ustert
  8. usterts
  9. ustic
  10. ustifluvent
  11. ustifluvents

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