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語源

From Middle French sédiment, from Latin sedimentum < sedeō.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/
• 韻: -ɛdɪmənt

名詞

sediment (countable and uncountable, plural sediments)

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

   The Nile delta is composed of sediment that was washed down and deposited at the mouth of the river.

下位語

• dregs
• grounds
• grout
• settlings

派生語

関連する語

• sedimentary
• sedimentation
• sedimentaceous
• sedimentitious
• sedimentoclastic

動詞

sediment (third-person singular simple present sediments, present participle sedimenting, simple past and past participle sedimented)

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

派生語

アナグラム

• Edmisten, end items, end times, endtimes, enmisted, midteens, set mined, setmined, tidesmen