Definition of Sediment

1. Noun. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process.

Exact synonyms: Deposit
Generic synonyms: Matter
Specialized synonyms: Alluvial Deposit, Alluvial Sediment, Alluvion, Alluvium, Dregs, Settlings, Lees, Lick, Salt Lick, Evaporite
Derivative terms: Sedimentary

2. Verb. Deposit as a sediment.
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Fix, Posit, Situate
Derivative terms: Sedimentation

3. Verb. Settle as sediment.
Generic synonyms: Settle, Settle Down

Definition of Sediment

1. n. The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

Definition of Sediment

1. Noun. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sediment

1. to settle to the bottom of a liquid [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Sediment

1. A precipitate, especially one that is formed spontaneously. Origin: L. Sedimentum This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sediment

sedge frogs
sedge warbler
sedge warblers
sedge wren
sedged
sedgelike
sedges
sedgier
sedgiest
sedgy
sedile
sedilia
sedilias
sedilium
sediment (current term)
sedimentable
sedimental
sedimentary
sedimentary cataract
sedimentary clay
sedimentary rock
sedimentary rocks
sedimentate
sedimentation
sedimentation coefficient
sedimentation constant
sedimentation rate
sedimentation velocity
sedimentations

Literary usage of Sediment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dams and Rivers: Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams by Michael Collier, Robert H. Webb, John C. Schmidt (1998)
"Calculating a sediment budget is similar to balancing a check book: one attempts to account for all sediment entering, leaving, and stored in a reach of ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"The sediment is ordinarily collected Fic.~i47. ... The collection of the sediment by means of the centrifuge, however, is much preferable, since the process ..."

3. Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes by James Croll (1875)
"Alfred Tylor on tho sediment of tho Mississippi.—The Law which determines tho Rate of Denudation.—The Globe becoming less oblate. ..."

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