sediment

sed·i·ment  (sd-mnt)

n.

1. Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.

2. Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.

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[Latin sedimentum, act of settling, from sedre, to sit, settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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sediment [ˈsɛdɪmənt]

n

1. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) material that has been deposited from water, ice, or wind

[from Latin sedimentum a settling, from sedēre to sit]

sedimentous  [ˌsɛdɪˈmɛntəs] adj

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sediment  (sd-mnt)

1. Geology Solid fragmented material, such as silt, sand, gravel, chemical precipitates, and fossil fragments, that is transported and deposited by water, ice, or wind or that accumulates through chemical precipitation or secretion by organisms, and that forms layers on the Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks consist of consolidated sediment.

2. Chemistry

3. Particles of solid matter that settle out of a suspension to the bottom of the liquid.

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sediment

• decant - Means to pour wine, taking pains not to disturb any sediment at the bottom; decant comes from Latin de- and canthus, "angular lip of a jug."
• allogenic, allochthonous - Geological material that has been transported and then accumulates elsewhere is allochthonous, and sediment carried by a river is allogenic.
• lithification - The process of compaction of sediment into stone.
• swarve - To choke with sediment.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sediment - matter that has been deposited by some natural process deposit matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" alluvial deposit, alluvial sediment, alluvium, alluvion - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down dregs, settlings - sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid lees - the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage lick, salt lick - a salt deposit that animals regularly lick evaporite - the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
Verb	1.	sediment - deposit as a sediment posit, situate, deposit, fix - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" sediment - settle as sediment
	2.	sediment - settle as sediment settle, settle down - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" sediment - deposit as a sediment

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sediment

noun dregs, grounds, residue, lees, deposit, precipitate, settlings ocean sediments

Translations

sediment [ˈsedɪmənt] N (in liquids, boiler) → sedimento m, poso m (Geol) → sedimento m

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sediment [ˈsɛdɪmənt] n → sédiment m, dépôt m

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sediment

n → (Boden)satz m; (in river) → Ablagerung f; (in chemical solution) → Niederschlag m, → Sediment nt

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sediment [ˈsɛdɪmənt] n (in liquids, boiler) → deposito, fondo (Geol) → sedimento

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sediment

n sediment [ˈsedimənt]

the material that settles at the bottom of a liquid Her feet sank into the sediment on the river bed. sediment ثُفْل утайка usazenina bundfald; aflejring das Sediment ίζημα, κατακάθι sedimento sete رسوب sakka, sedimentti sédiment מִשקָע तलछट sediment, talog üledék endapan botnfall/-lag sedimento 沈澱物 침전물 nuosėdos nogulsnes mendapan bezinksel bunnfall osad sedimento sediment осадок, отложение usadenina usedlina sediment sediment, avlagring, bottensats ตะกอน çökelti, tortu 沈積物 осад; мул تلچھٹ cặn 沉积物