sedimentation

[ sed-uh-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the deposition or accumulation of sediment.

Other Words From

• self-sedi·men·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sedimentation¹

First recorded in 1870–75; sediment + -ation

Example Sentences

When sedimentation only is desired, the torfuge (Fig. 31) is a cheap and convenient substitute.

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Seal off the lower ends of the sedimentation tubes in the Bunsen flame.

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Both by sedimentation and by subsidence the trough had now become a belt of weakness in the crust of the earth.

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The mountain range can only arise where the geosyncline is deeply filled by long ages of sedimentation.

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This change, visible to the naked eye, is called sedimentation.

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