Intransitive and transitive; common in scientific writing.
Definitionen
To settle or be deposited as sediment. Fine clay particles sediment slowly in calm water.
To cause (a substance) to settle out of suspension as sediment. The centrifuge was used to sediment the blood cells.
Used attributively, especially in scientific contexts (e.g., "sediment thickness").
Definitionen
Relating to, consisting of, or formed by sediment. Geologists measured the sediment layers to reconstruct the river’s history.