Definition of sedimentation in English:
sedimentation
noun sɛdɪmɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌsɛdəmənˈteɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe process of settling or being deposited as a sediment.
sedimentation occurs when the droplets sink to the bottom
the natural sedimentation of the estuary
Example sentencesExamples
- Threats to the three darter species are mounting due to increased sedimentation of the watershed caused by urbanization.
- The river's environmentally sensitive habitat has been safeguarded against further sedimentation.
- Removing the structures also helps to avoid sedimentation of the stream.
- The period from 1150 BC to AD 150 witnessed active erosion and sedimentation on floodplains and in channels.
- The amount of haemolysis was measured by comparing the absorption of the blood to that of the supernatant after sedimentation of the red cells.
- A large amount of the progeny phages were separated from the bacterial media by multiple steps of sedimentation and resuspension.
- Sedimentation continuing at its current rates, or increasing, undermines the future ecological viability of shrimp farms.
- The borates on the claims in the canyon originated through sedimentation on an ancient lake bed.
- We have simulated the sedimentation of particles with very small diffusion coefficients.
- The life of the dam is estimated to be not more than 30 years because of heavy sedimentation.
Definition of sedimentation in US English:
sedimentation
nounˌsedəmənˈtāSH(ə)nˌsɛdəmənˈteɪʃ(ə)n
The process of settling or being deposited as a sediment.
sedimentation occurs when the droplets sink to the bottom
the natural sedimentation of the estuary
Example sentencesExamples
- We have simulated the sedimentation of particles with very small diffusion coefficients.
- The period from 1150 BC to AD 150 witnessed active erosion and sedimentation on floodplains and in channels.
- The life of the dam is estimated to be not more than 30 years because of heavy sedimentation.
- Removing the structures also helps to avoid sedimentation of the stream.
- A large amount of the progeny phages were separated from the bacterial media by multiple steps of sedimentation and resuspension.
- The amount of haemolysis was measured by comparing the absorption of the blood to that of the supernatant after sedimentation of the red cells.
- Threats to the three darter species are mounting due to increased sedimentation of the watershed caused by urbanization.
- Sedimentation continuing at its current rates, or increasing, undermines the future ecological viability of shrimp farms.
- The river's environmentally sensitive habitat has been safeguarded against further sedimentation.
- The borates on the claims in the canyon originated through sedimentation on an ancient lake bed.