SEDIMENT


Meaning of SEDIMENT in English

I. noun Etymology: Latin ~um settling, from sedēre to sit, sink down Date: 1547 the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid, material deposited by water, wind, or glaciers, II. Date: 1859 transitive verb to deposit as ~, intransitive verb to settle to the bottom in a liquid, to deposit ~

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