sediment Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈsed.ɪ.mənt]
  • Us [ ˈsed.ə.mənt]

Meaning of sediment In English

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Examples of sediment

  • In undeformed sediments, the magnetic susceptibility is characterized by an oblate ellipsoid, with the foliation coinciding with the bedding plane.

  • Differentiated flexural tectonic subsidence has been successively compensated by accumulation of the sediments within the basin.

  • Her legacy in performance cannot be fixed or sedimented, because her practice has evolved through the lives of her students, and their students.

  • In all three basins, this mudstone-dominated interval passes into sandstonedominated sediments of a braided fluvial system.

  • The presence of crinoid fragments indicates an unequivocal marine origin for these sediments, and this is strongly supported by the presence of bioturbation and glauconite.

  • The association of sediments and fossils became unstable unless it was recorded and authenticated.

  • The floors of the resurge gullies become covered with resurge breccia and turbiditic sediments.

  • In field work it is extremely difficult to link the effect of pollutants in sediments or water directly to fish.

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Translations of sediment In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    沉澱物,沉渣…

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  • 中文简体

    沉淀物,沉渣…

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  • Español

    sedimento, poso…

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  • Português

    sedimento, borra…

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  • Türk dili

    tortu, çökelti…

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  • Français

    sédiment…

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  • Čeština

    usazenina…

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  • Dansk

    bundfald, aflejring…

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