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For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment.
Richard Leakey

Meaning of "sediment" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEDIMENT

From Latin sedimentum a settling, from sedēre to sit.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEDIMENT

sediment  [ˈsɛdɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEDIMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sediment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEDIMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sediment

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 oceans. Desert sand dunes and loess are examples of aeolian transport and deposition. Glacial moraine deposits and till are ice-transported sediments.

Definition of sediment in the English dictionary

The definition of sediment in the dictionary is matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. Other definition of sediment is material that has been deposited from water, ice, or wind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEDIMENT


complement
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
compliment
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
condiment
ˈkɒndɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
disembodiment
ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
embodiment
ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enjoyment
ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
impediment
ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
pediment
ˈpɛdɪmənt
regiment
ˈrɛdʒɪmənt
repayment
rɪˈpeɪmənt
rudiment
ˈruːdɪmənt
sentiment
ˈsɛntɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEDIMENT

sedgy
sedigitated
sedile
sedilia
sedilium
sedimentable
sedimentarily
sedimentary
sedimentation
sedimentation tank
sedimentologic
sedimentologist
sedimentology
sedimentous
sedition
seditionary
seditious
seditiously
seditiousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEDIMENT

accompaniment
advertisement
aliment
animal experiment
control experiment
detriment
habiliment
left-handed compliment
liniment
merriment
Michelson-Morley experiment
muniment
nutriment
orpiment
parachute regiment
piment
presentiment
raiment
ressentiment
sepiment
speech impediment

Synonyms and antonyms of sediment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEDIMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sediment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sediment

Translation of «sediment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEDIMENT

Find out the translation of sediment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sediment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sediment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沉淀物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sedimento
570 millions of speakers

English

sediment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तलछट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرواسب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

осадка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sedimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sédiment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sedimen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sediment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

沈殿物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

침전물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sedimen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trầm tích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்டல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गाळून टाकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tortu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sedimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osadów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

осаду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sediment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιζήματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sediment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sediment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sediment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sediment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDIMENT»

The term «sediment» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDIMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sediment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sediment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sediment

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5 QUOTES WITH «SEDIMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sediment.
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Robert Brady
Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic.
2
Carrie Fisher
I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.
3
Richard Leakey
For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment.
4
John Boyle O'Reilly
The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice.
5
Salvatore Quasimodo
At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEDIMENT»

Discover the use of sediment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sediment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sediment
In Sandy Tseng's first collection, leaving is both what remains and the act of going to another place, a different lifestyle, an unknown afterlife. This book recounts the pleasures and terrors of transition, of being "in between languages.
Sandy Tseng, 2009
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Bottom Soils, Sediment, and Pond Aquaculture
The importance of soils in pond management will be illustrated with an example from pond fertilization and another from aeration. Pond fertilization may not produce phytoplankton blooms in acidic ponds.
Claude E. Boyd, 1995
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New Techniques in Sediment Core Analysis
In this volume, recent advances in analytical and logging technology and their application to the analysis of sediment cores are presented.
R. G. Rothwell, 2006
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Sedimentation: Exclusion and Removal of Sediment from ...
This monograph provides the practising engineer with a concise overview of the methods of water diversion and exclusion or removal of sediment from the diverted water.
Arved J. Raudkivi, 1993
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Sediment Dynamics and Pollutant Mobility in Rivers: An ...
This is the first interdisciplinary book on the mobilization of nutrients and pollutants in the water phase due to hydrodynamic processes.
Bernd Westrich, Ulrich Förstner, 2007
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Sediment Transport: A Geophysical Phenomenon
This book will therefore be of interest and of use to both students and to the professional scientist.
Albert Gyr, Klaus Hoyer, 2006
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Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters
This book details how to best approach contaminated sediments, allowing readers to better assess and address water quality and health issues, water body management, and potential remediation methods.
Wilbert Lick, 2008
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Mechanics of Sediment Transportation and Alluvial Stream ...
The Third Edition Of This Book Recognises Two Important Developments That Have Taken Place In Recent Years.(1) Mathematical Modelling Of Alluvial River Processes, And(2) Environmental Aspects Relating To Sedimentation.Both Of These Factors ...
R. J. Garde, K. G. Ranga Raju, 2000
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Reservoir Sediment Management
With proper sediment management techniques, negative effects of sediment can be avoided and reservoir life and performance can be improved. This volume deals with reservoir sedimentation, deposition and removal.
Sahnaz Tigrek, Tuce Aras, 2011
10
Earth Surface Processes, Landforms and Sediment Deposits
A unique, advanced textbook combining sedimentology and geomorphology in a comprehensive and integrated way.
John Bridge, Robert Demicco, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEDIMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sediment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sediment storage halts dredging at Buckeye Lake
The state has run out of places to store the dredge sediment being sucked off of the ... A new site for storing sediment is being built near the west bank of the lake ... «Columbus Dispatch, May 15»
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Researchers say data provides context, but doesn't predict long term …
It also found higher levels of sediment — associated with an increase in turbidity ... it doesn't have answers about what the impact of that sediment will be on fish. «CBC.ca, May 15»
3
EPA says it won't put harbor sediment on New Bedford shoreline
NEW BEDFORD — The EPA said Thursday night that it is dropping plans to bury contaminated sediment from the harbor cleanup in bulkheaded cells along the ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Apr 15»
4
Vancouver oil spill: Aquarium scientists testing water, sediment
Ross said the Vancouver Aquarium learned of the spill through media reports last Thursday and immediately sent scientists to take oil, water and sediment ... «CTV News, Apr 15»
5
Ohio sues Corps over Cuyahoga River sediment dumping into Lake …
The lawsuit said that the Corps' dredging proposal for 2015, which calls for dumping sediment in Lake Erie off the Cleveland coastline, violates state laws and ... «Columbus Dispatch, Apr 15»
6
Corps delays Toutle River sediment study due to endangered salmon
Step 1 of the Corps of Engineers' volcano flood control plan is to raise the spillway of the sediment dam on the North Fork of the Toutle River. «Longview Daily News, Mar 15»
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Army Corps won't dump dredge sediment in open Lake Erie in 2015 …
"Ohio believes the Army Corps data demonstrates the sediment from the Cuyahoga is toxic and will have an unacceptable impact on the aquatic food web in ... «cleveland.com, Feb 15»
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Sediment from failing Asheville airport wall reached wetlands
ASHEVILLE – Sediment has washed out of a failing retaining wall at the Asheville Regional Airport and pushed into nearby wetlands, state officials found after ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec 14»
9
Underwater cave sediment shows Mayans suffered massive droughts
Long ago, the Mayan civilization collapsed, unceremoniously leaving behind a lot of mysteries as to what happened. One of those mysteries has to do with the ... «SlashGear, Dec 14»
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Tennesse Gas Pipeline Co. to pay $800000 following numerous …
A natural gas pipeline company on Monday agreed to pay an $800,000 settlement for numerous sediment-control violations while constructing a pipeline across ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Dec 14»

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