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sediments

Translations

sedimentnoun

sediments

A layer of sediment collected at the bottom of the lake.

Une couche de sédiment s’est accumulée au fond du lac.

Synonyms

sedimentverb

sediments

sedimented

Past Simple

sedimented

Past Participle

sedimenting

Gerund

Intransitive and transitive; common in scientific writing.

se déposer

Fine particles sediment slowly in still water.

Les particules fines se déposent lentement dans l’eau immobile.

Additional translations

sédimenterEmploi technique ou scientifique, surtout au transitif.

sedimentnoun

Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.

After the wine was poured, a fine layer of sediment was left at the bottom of the bottle.

Material, such as stones and sand, deposited by water, wind, or glaciers.

The river's current slowed, allowing sediment to accumulate along the banks.

sedimentverb

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.