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Definition: Sedimentary |
SedimentaryAdjective1. Resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; "sedimentary deposits". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sedimentary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geological | Sedimentary rocks are formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms. They form from deposits that accumulate on the Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks often have distinctive layering or bedding. (references) |
Mining | A. adj. Pertaining to or containing sediment; e.g., sedimentary deposit or a sedimentary complex b. Formed by the deposition of sediment (e.g., a sedimentary clay), or pertaining to the process of sedimentation (e.g., sedimentaryvolcanism).---n. A sedimentary rock or deposit e.g., sedimentary deposit or a sedimentary complex. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SEAM | English | Sedimentary Evolution in Active Margins | N/A |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remainder | Adjective:remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous; (redundant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sedimentary |
| English words defined with "sedimentary": arenaceous rock, argillaceous rock, argillite ♦ bed ♦ Cone-in-cone ♦ dolomite ♦ Laccolith, limestone ♦ rudaceous rock ♦ sandstone, Sedimental, sedimentary clay, sedimentary rock, Sedimentary rocks, shale, sill, sylvine, sylvite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sedimentary": chemical sedimentary rock ♦ sedimentary break, sedimentary gap, sedimentary petrography, sedimentary structure. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 50. Petersen scoop bottom sampling device used by the Danish scientist C. G. Johan Petersen for studies of the bottom sediments of the Baltic Sea from 1910 to 1912. Top: the original sampler. Bottom: sampling device in the Oceanographic Museum. Petersen studied the samples to make precise quantitative studies of the fauna in the sedimentary material.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Economic History | Colombia | Colombia has eighteen sedimentary basins covering over 1,036,400 sq. kilometers. (references) |
Colombia | Thus, about 91 percent of the sedimentary area of the country is still available for contracting. (references) | |
Morocco | Most sedimentary basins in the country have not been explored, especially the prospective deepwater basins along the Atlantic margin. (references) | |
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| "Sedimentary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.64% of the time. "Sedimentary" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 93.64% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.55% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.82% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sedimentary": sedimentary basin ♦ sedimentary break ♦ sedimentary clay ♦ sedimentary gap ♦ sedimentary groyne ♦ sedimentary peat ♦ sedimentary relict ♦ sedimentary rock ♦ sedimentary rocks ♦ sedimentary structure. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "sedimentary": non-sedimentary, volcano-sedimentary. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sedimentary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sedimentar, fundërresor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رسوبي, رسباني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | утаечен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沉淀 (Precipitated, Precipitating, subsidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sedlinový. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sedimentaer bjergart (sedimentary rock), sedimentær forekomst (sedimentary deposit), sedimentær overskydning (sedimentary overlap), sedimentær struktur (sedimentary structure), sedimentære bjergarter (sedimentary rocks), sedimentært onlap (sedimentary overlap), sedimentationsbassin (sedimentary basin), sedimentationslakune (diastem, sedimentary break, sedimentary gap), sedimentationsproces (sedimentary process), sedimentbassin (sedimentary basin), sedimentdække (sedimentary cover, sedimentary mantle), sedimentgang (sedimentary filling), sedimentindfyldning (sedimentary filling), sedimentstruktur (sedimentary structure), sedimentært bassin (sedimentary basin), tilsanding paa lavt vand (bed groyne, low level groyne, sedimentary groyne), aflejringsbjergarter (sedimentary rocks), lagpakke (sedimentary complex, series of seams, strata Packet), gytje (bagger, bathing-peat, fangotherapy, medicinal mud, meermolm, mud, sedimentary peat), banke (bank, beating, bed groyne, dune, hit, knock, low level groyne, sedimentary groyne, strike, tapping), aflejringsjord (sedimentary soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sedimentaire laag (sedimentary deposit), sedimentair bekken (sedimentary basin), sedimentair complex (sedimentary complex, series of seams, strata Packet), sedimentair relict (sedimentary relict), sedimentaire gesteenten (sedimentary rocks), sedimentgesteenten (sedimentary rocks), sedimentaire mantel (sedimentary cover, sedimentary mantle), sedimentaire opvulling (sedimentary filling), sedimentaire structuur (sedimentary structure), sedimentatie (deposit, sediment, sedimentary process, sedimentation, settling), sedimentatiebekken (debris basin, sedimentary basin, stilling pond), sedimentatiegesteente (sedimentary rock), sedimentatieveen (sedimentary peat), sedimentbodem (sedimentary soil), sedimentgesteente (sedimentary rock), sedimentaire bedekking (sedimentary cover, sedimentary mantle, sedimentary overlap), afzettingsbassin (sedimentary basin), opvulling met sediment (sedimentary filling), laagwaterkrib (bed groyne, low level groyne, sedimentary groyne), diasteem (diastem, sedimentary break, sedimentary gap), afzettingsgesteenten (sedimentary rocks), afzettingsgesteente (sedimentary rock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ته نشسته , رسوبی (Alluvial, Residual), درده (Lees, Sediment, Silt, Slag, Tartar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sedimenttivaippa (sedimentary cover, sedimentary mantle), sedimenttiturve (sedimentary peat), sedimenttirakenne (sedimentary structure), sedimenttipeite (sedimentary cover, sedimentary mantle), sedimenttikivilaji (sedimentary rock, sedimentary rocks), sedimenttikivi (sedimentary rocks), sedimenttijuoni (sedimentary filling), sedimentoitumalla syntynyt maa (sedimentary soil), sedimentaatioaukko (diastem, sedimentary break, sedimentary gap), sedimentaatioallas (sedimentary basin), transgressiivinen kerrosjärjestys (sedimentary overlap), matala rantapato (bed groyne, low level groyne, sedimentary groyne), matala aallonmurtaja (bed groyne, low level groyne, sedimentary groyne), diasteemi (diastem, sedimentary break, sedimentary gap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sédimentaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sedimentär. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθιζηματικόσ, ιζηματογενήσ, υποσταθμικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משקעי (sedimental). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | üledékes réteg, üledékes (crusted, feculent, sludgy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sedimentario. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 積岩 (sedimentary rock), 積層 (sedimentary layer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいせきが" (sedimentary rock), たいせきそう (sedimentary layer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 침 되". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | drundinagh (dreggy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edimentarysay sedimentar (deposit). (various references) sedimentar. (various references) осадочный. (various references) sedimentaran. (various references) sedimentario (aqueous). (various references) sedimentär (sedimental). (various references) เป็นตะกอน. (various references) tortulu (crusted, fecal, feculent, ground, turbid), tortul. (various references) осадочний (aqueous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Sedimentary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sedementary, sedimentgary, sedimentry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sedimentary" (pronounced se'dume"nterē) |
| 8 | -d u m e" n t er ē | rudimentary. |
| 7 | -u m e" n t er ē | alimentary, complimentary, documentary, parliamentary, supplementary, testamentary. |
| 4 | -n t er ē | effrontery, splintery. |
| 3 | -t er ē | adultery, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, contradictory, coterie, directory, eatery, factory, flattery, glittery, history, introductory, jittery, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, olfactory, peremptory, perfunctory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rectory, refractory, rotary, satisfactory, trajectory, unsatisfactory, upholstery, valedictory, victory, watery. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: dynamiters. | |
-2 letters: amnestied, antimeres, dementias, detainers, diameters, dreamiest, dynamiter, dynamites, eyestrain, resinated, sedentary, smartened, tradesmen, tyramines. | |
-3 letters: amenders, andesite, andesyte, antimere, arenites, arsenide, arsenite, dairymen, daytimes, dementia, demerits, detainer, detrains, diameter, dimeters, dynamist, dynamite, emeritas, emirates, estrayed, etamines, inserted, mastered, matinees, meanders, mediants, mediates, midyears, minarets, misandry, miseaten, misenter, misentry, misrated, nearside, nerdiest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: dynamometries, semisedentary. | |
+4 letters: demonstratively, dimenhydrinates, electrodynamics, semidocumentary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 64 69 6D 65 6E 74 61 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -.. .. -- . -. - .- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e d i m e n t a r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0064 0069 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 0072 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371707579718086678491 |
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