Also means
settling
Usage Note
Assestamento comes from assestarsi ('to settle, to find one's balance') and describes the process of stabilizing after a disturbance — whether physical (assestamento del terreno, 'ground settling') or financial/institutional (assestamento di bilancio, 'budget adjustment'). Assestamento di bilancio is a specific Italian parliamentary procedure for fine-tuning the annual budget. The plural assestamenti is regular.
Examples
"L'assestamento del terreno ha causato crepe nel muro."
Natural Translation
The ground settling caused cracks in the wall.
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