Sediment

Sed′i-ment

,

Noun.

[F.

sédiment

, L.

sedimentum

a settling, fr.

sedere

to sit, to settle. See

Sit

.]

1.

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

2.

(Geol.)

The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sediment

SED'IMENT

,

Noun.

[L. sedimentum, from sedeo, to settle.] The matter which subsides to the bottom of liquors; settlings; lees; dregs.

Sediment

See also: sediment and sédiment

German

Noun

Sediment n ‎(genitive Sediments or Sedimentes, plural Sedimente)

sediment

Declension

Declension of Sediment

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Sediment	die	Sedimente
genitive	eines	des	Sedimentes, Sediments	der	Sedimente
dative	einem	dem	Sediment, Sedimente¹	den	Sedimenten
accusative	ein	das	Sediment	die	Sedimente

¹Now uncommon, see notes

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sedimentieren

sediment

See also: Sediment and sédiment

English

Noun

sediment ‎(plural sediments)

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.

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Translations

collection of small particles

Armenian: մրուր (hy) ‎(mrur)
Bulgarian: утайка (bg) ‎(utájka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沉積物 (zh), 沉积物 (zh) ‎(chénjīwù), 沉積 (zh), 沉积 (zh) ‎(chénjī)
Czech: usazenina f
Esperanto: feĉo
Finnish: sedimentti, kerrostuma (fi)
French: sédiment (fr) m
German: Sediment (de) n, Satz (de) m, Bodensatz (de) m
Icelandic: botnfall (is) n, syrja f, botnlag n, dreggjar n, set (is) n, vatnborin jarðvegsefni n pl, vindborin jarðvegsefni n pl
Italian: deposito (it), sedimento (it) m

Japanese: 堆積物 ‎(たいせきぶつ, taisekibutsu)
Khmer:
Macedonian: талог m ‎(tálog)
Maori: waipara, parakiwai (from a flood)
Mongolian:
Polish: osad (pl) m
Portuguese: sedimento (pt) m
Russian: отложе́ние (ru) n ‎(otložénije), оса́док (ru) m ‎(osádok), отсто́й (ru) m ‎(otstój)
Serbo-Croatian: талог m ‎(talog), talog (sh) m
Spanish: sedimento (es) m
Tagalog: tining (tl)
Thai:

Verb

sediment ‎(third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)

(transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
(intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

Translations

to deposit material as a sediment

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沉淀 (zh) ‎(chéndiàn)
Esperanto: sedimentigi
Finnish: sedimentoida

French: sédimenter (fr)
Russian: осажда́ть (ru) ‎(osaždátʹ)

to be deposited as a sediment

Dutch: sedimenteren
Esperanto: sedimentiĝi
Finnish: sedimentoitua

French: sédimenter (fr)
Russian: осажда́ться (ru) ‎(osaždátʹsja)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sedǐment/
Hyphenation: se‧di‧ment

Noun

sedìment m ‎(Cyrillic spelling седѝмент)

sediment

Declension

Declension of sediment

	singular	plural
nominative	sedìment	sedimenti
genitive	sedimenta	sedimenāta / sedimēntā
dative	sedimentu	sedimentima
accusative	sediment	sedimente
vocative	sedimente	sedimenti
locative	sedimentu	sedimentima
instrumental	sedimentom	sedimentima

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