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Definitions for sediment
ˈsɛd ə məntsed·i·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sediment, depositverb

    matter that has been deposited by some natural process

  2. sedimentverb

    deposit as a sediment

  3. sedimentverb

    settle as sediment

Wiktionary

  1. sedimentnoun

    A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

    The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

  2. sedimentverb

    To deposit material as a sediment

  3. sedimentverb

    To be deposited as a sediment

  4. Etymology: From sedimentum < sedeo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sedimentnoun

    That which subsides or settles at the bottom.

    Etymology: sediment, French; sedimentum, Lat.

    The salt water rises into a kind of scum on the top, and partly goeth into a sediment in the bottom, and so is rather a separation than an evaporation. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

    It is not bare agitation, but the sediment at the bottom, that troubles and defiles the water. Robert South, Sermons.

    That matter sunk not down ’till last of all, settling at the surface of the sediment, and covering all the rest. John Woodward.

Wikipedia

  1. Sediment

    Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on reaching the sea bed deposited by sedimentation; if buried, they may eventually become sandstone and siltstone (sedimentary rocks) through lithification. Sediments are most often transported by water (fluvial processes), but also wind (aeolian processes) and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport and deposition, though sediment also often settles out of slow-moving or standing water in lakes and oceans. Desert sand dunes and loess are examples of aeolian transport and deposition. Glacial moraine deposits and till are ice-transported sediments.

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  1. sediment

    Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice. It is eventually deposited or settles at the bottom of bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or oceans, often forming layers that compact into rock over time. Sediment can also refer to any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sedimentnoun

    the matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs

  2. Sedimentnoun

    the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed

  3. Etymology: [F. sdiment, L. sedimentum a settling, fr. sedere to sit, to settle. See Sit.]

Wikidata

  1. Sediment

    Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particle itself. Sediments are most often transported by water, wind and glaciers. Beach sands and river channel deposits are examples of fluvial transport and deposition, though sediment also often settles out of slow-moving or standing water in lakes and ocean dunes and loess are examples of aeolian transport and deposition. Glacial moraine deposits and till are ice-transported sediments.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sediment

    sed′i-ment, n. what settles at the bottom of a liquid: dregs.—adj. Sedimen′tary, pertaining to, consisting of, or formed by sediment.—n. Sedimentā′tion. [L. sedimentumsedēre, to sit.]

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sediment' in Nouns Frequency: #2873

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sediment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sediment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sediment in a Sentence

  1. Malik Khan:

    There is a potential for land reclamation through the displacement of the sediment the rivers carry.

  2. Takeshi Tsuji:

    Zones like the one we investigated are not uncommon along rifts, so I expect that similar reservoirs may exist elsewhere in the Okinawa Trough as well as other sediment-covered continental back-arc basins around the world.

  3. Bradley Opdike:

    What happens with the sediment is it just smothers it, while higher nutrients cause algae to out-compete the corals.

  4. Jennifer Lavers:

    If we were to lose these crab species or they were able to become substantially less abundant, that has implications for sediment turnover. It has implications for forest regeneration and growth. It has implications for the tidiness of our beach and ocean environments because potentially you don't have the vultures coming in and cleaning things up.

  5. Bill Whitehouse:

    At that stage there was no way they could get anywhere near the boys. Conditions were really quite bad, the water flow was very strong and the suspended sediment made visibility very low. To be fair, the chances of getting far were not high.

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