Sediment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

matter that has been deposited by some natural process

deposit as a sediment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛdɪmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛdɪmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛdɪmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɛdɪmənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deposit

Parts of Speech

noun	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
verb	deposit as a sediment
verb	settle as sediment

Word Forms

sedimentary	adjective	resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment
sedimentation	noun	the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

sédiment

matière qui a été déposée par un processus naturel

🇪🇸Spanish

sedimento

materia que ha sido depositada por algún proceso natural

🇮🇹Italian

sedimento

materia che è stata depositata da qualche processo naturale

🇵🇹Portuguese

sedimento

matéria que foi depositada por algum processo natural

🇷🇺Russian

осадок

вещество, образовавшееся в результате какого-либо естественного процесса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तलछट

वह पदार्थ जो किसी प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया द्वारा जमा किया गया हो

🇧🇩Bengali

পলল

কিছু প্রাকৃতিক প্রক্রিয়া দ্বারা জমা করা হয়েছে যে পদার্থ

🇮🇳Tamil

வண்டல்

சில இயற்கை செயல்முறைகளால் டெபாசிட் செய்யப்பட்ட பொருள்

🇮🇳Telugu

అవక్షేపం

కొన్ని సహజ ప్రక్రియ ద్వారా జమ చేయబడిన పదార్థం

🇮🇳Marathi

गाळ

काही नैसर्गिक प्रक्रियेद्वारे जमा केलेले पदार्थ

🇮🇳Gujarati

કાંપ

કોઈ કુદરતી પ્રક્રિયા દ્વારા જમા કરવામાં આવેલ પદાર્થ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆಸರು

ಕೆಲವು ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಿಂದ ಠೇವಣಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ವಸ್ತು

🇮🇳Malayalam

അവശിഷ്ടം

ചില സ്വാഭാവിക പ്രക്രിയകൾ വഴി നിക്ഷേപിക്കപ്പെട്ട പദാർത്ഥം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਲਛਟ

ਪਦਾਰਥ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਮ੍ਹਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

تلچھٹ

مادہ جو کسی فطری عمل سے جمع کیا گیا ہو۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

沉淀

通过某种自然过程沉积的物质

🇯🇵Japanese

沈殿物

何らかの自然過程によって堆積した物質

🇰🇷Korean

침전물

자연적인 과정에 의해 퇴적된 물질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trầm tích

vật chất đã được lắng đọng bởi một quá trình tự nhiên nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

ตะกอน

วัตถุที่สะสมไว้โดยกระบวนการทางธรรมชาติบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

endapan

materi yang telah disimpan oleh beberapa proses alami

🇵🇭Filipino

latak

bagay na idineposito ng ilang natural na proseso

🇲🇾Malay

mendapan

jirim yang telah dimendapkan oleh beberapa proses semula jadi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الرواسب

المادة التي تم إيداعها بواسطة بعض العمليات الطبيعية

🇮🇷Persian

رسوب

ماده ای که توسط برخی فرآیندهای طبیعی رسوب کرده است

🇹🇷Turkish

tortu

bazı doğal süreçler tarafından biriktirilen madde

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשׁקָע

חומר שהופקד בתהליך טבעי כלשהו

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The primary meaning of 'sediment' is 'matter that has been deposited by some natural process'.

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