sediment
verbEtymology From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
1
To deposit material as a sediment.
2
To be deposited as a sediment.
- Derived terms
- resediment
sediment
noun/ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/
Etymology From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.
1
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.
- Derived terms
- biosediment, cosediment, hemipelagic sediment, metasediment, palaeosediment, paleosediment, pedosediment, resediment, sedimentable, sedimental, sedimentize, sedimentology, sedimentous, subsediment
- Related terms
- sedimentaceous, sedimentary, sedimentation, sedimentitious, sedimentoclastic