present participle of sedimentate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sediment

plural of sediment

(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.

plural of sedimentation

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

simple past tense and past participle of sediment

Relating to sedimentation