The delay caused in consolidation by the slow drainage of water out of a saturated soil mass is called as

The reduction in volume of soil which is due to squeezing out of water from the voids is __________

After the hydrostatic pressure is reduced to zero, some compression of soil takes place by the process of

Secondary consolidation is also known as __________

 If a soil is confined in a consolidometer, then at equilibrium stage, the applied pressure is equal to ____________

The virgin compression curve is the curve between _______________

 In a semi-logarithmic plot, the virgin compression curve becomes

The expansion index is also known as ___________

The equation given by Skempton for compression index for a remoulded sample is ___________

For an ordinary clay of medium to low sensitivity, the value of Cc corresponding to the field consolidation line is roughly equal to __________ the compression index of the remolded sample.