Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process of depositing sediment.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The deposition of sediment; the accumulation of earthy sediment to form strata.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

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Examples

  • A sort of precipitation occurred of what might be called the sedimentation or the fallout from illuminations, insights, and other life experiences that were very important—tragic experiences included.

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • A sort of precipitation occurred of what might be called the sedimentation or the fallout from illuminations, insights, and other life experiences that were very important—tragic experiences included.

    Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006

  • This process, called sedimentation, is dependent on the physical properties of the solid matter and water.

    1. Historical development and experience with water treatment 1996

  • "Runoff often causes sand sedimentation, which is detrimental to crops and the environment, plus the runoff takes away about 40 percent of nutrients applied to soil through organic and mineral sources of fertilizer."

    High Plains Journal: Ag News 2010

  • "Runoff often causes sand sedimentation, which is detrimental to crops and the environment, plus the runoff takes away about 40 percent of nutrients applied to soil through organic and mineral sources of fertilizer."

    High Plains Journal: Ag News 2010

  • Water treatments such as sedimentation and filtration can significantly reduce the number of pathogens in water.

    Chapter 15 1994

  • That is why chlorination should normally be done after the water has undergone other treatment processes such as sedimentation and filtration, to ensure minimum use of chlorine by anything other than bacteria.

    8. Water treatment 1992

  • The team settled on the approach after two years 'trying to use gravity to assemble components through' sedimentation '.

    TG Daily 2010

  • The money raised by the fee would fund efforts to monitor and help address lake sedimentation which is reducing the quality and amount of water available in the state for drinking, irrigation, industrial uses and recreation.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • And over time, the "sedimentation" of those choices can narrow our sense of the possible.

    Larvatus Prodeo 2009

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