capable of being removed from suspension in a liquid by means of a centrifuge

A sediment

(nonstandard) To form a sediment

present participle of sediment

(geology, of a strata) Deposited from sediment / (of a water course) Having much sediment

simple past tense and past participle of sediment

sedimentary

(transitive) To deposit material as a sediment. / (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.

A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.