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Definition: Sedimentation |
SedimentationNoun1. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | That portion of the metamorphic cycle from the separation of the particles from the parent rock, no matter what its origin or constitution, to and including their consolidation into anot her rock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Letting solids settle out of wastewater by gravity during treatment. (references) |
| Separation of particles, sediment, from a liquid or a gas by means of gravitational force. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | Falling out of a solid within a liquid because of gravity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The act of causing the deposit of sediment, especially by the use of a centrifugal machine. (references) |
Mining | A. The act or process of settling particles by mechanical means from a state of suspension in air or water b. Method of classification by exploitation of free-falling rates ofminute (subsieve) particles. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SedimentationSynonyms: alluviation (n), deposit (n). (additional references) |
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 | Streams without conservation buffers run higher risks of streambank erosion, contamination with farm chemicals, and sedimentation, as well as offer no habitat for wildlife.Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Wattles were installed after the Los Alamos fires to prevent erosion and sedimentation in the lower watershed.Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | Wattles were installed after the Los Alamos fires to prevent erosion and sedimentation in the lower watershed.Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | [Water - purification and conditioning] : [Miraflores Water purification plant sedimentation basin].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Concentrate using the formalin ethyl acetate sedimentation technique. (references) | |
Sedimentation methods are generally performed using low speed centrifugation. (references) | ||
Economic History | Malaysia | Treatment methods are primarily conventional and include flocculation, sedimentation, gravity filtration, and disinfection. (references) |
Mexico | In recent years, the IBWC has worked to resolve longstanding border sanitation problems, to monitor the quantity and quality of border waters, and to address water delivery and sedimentation problems of the Colorado River. (references) | |
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| "Sedimentation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.00% of the time. "Sedimentation" is used about 201 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 99% | 199 | 21,651 |
| Noun (proper) | 1% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 201 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sedimentation": Blood Sedimentation ♦ blood sedimentation rate ♦ erythrocyte sedimentation rate ♦ sedimentation basin ♦ sedimentation rate ♦ sedimentation tank. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sedimentation rate | 79 | centrifuge decanter sedimentation | 3 |
erythrocyte sedimentation rate | 40 | piv sedimentation | 2 |
sedimentation | 35 | blood sedimentation test | 2 |
elevated rate sedimentation | 9 | sedimentation velocity | 2 |
blood sedimentation rate | 7 | esr rate sedimentation | 2 |
de sedimentation vitesse | 6 | sedimentation stokes | 2 |
high rate sedimentation | 5 | centrifuge sedimentation | 2 |
rate sedimentation westergren | 5 | blood sedimentation | 2 |
erythrocyte sedimentation | 4 | ntu plate sedimentation settling | 2 |
blood rate sedimentation test | 4 | flocculation sedimentation | 2 |
plate sedimentation | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sedimentation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ترسيب (deposition, precipitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | утаяване (precipitation, settling, subsidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沉积作". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sedimentering (settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sedimentatie (deposit, sediment, sedimentary process, settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لایه گذاری (Padding), لای گیری , ته نشینی (Alluvial, Settlement, Sink), رسوب سازی , درزگیری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sedimentti (deposit, sediment), sedimentointi (settling), sedimentaatio (deposit, sediment), sakkauttaminen (settling, stalling), kerrostuminen (deposit, sediment), kerrostuma (deposit, lamination, precipitate, sediment, stratum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sédimentation (sediment, settling, unhindered settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sedimentation (deposit, drop crater, droplet impaction, point deposit, settling, spray coating, spray deposit), Ablagerung (accumulation, debris, deposit, deposition, disposal, dump, heap, landfilling, maturation, seasoning, sediment, settlement, tip, tipping, torrential bedload deposits). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθίζηση (caving, consolidation, landslip, précipitation, precipitation, settlement, settling, sinking, subsidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שקיע" (absorption, decadence, decline, degeneration, sag, settlement, sinking, subsidence), שקוע (bogged down, depression, immersed, immersing, precipitation, sinking, submerged, sunken, wrapped up in), "שקע" (investment, stake, submergence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szedimentáció, lerakódás (alluvium, bed, crust, foot, lodgement, lodgment, sediment, settlings, sludge, subsidence), iszapolódás, hordaléklerakódás, ülepedés (convergence, settlement, subsidence), ülepítés (accretion by alluvion, decantation, decanting, jigging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengendapan (process of sedimentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sedimentazione (blood sedimentation test, falling out of a solid within a liquid because of gravity, ptosis, sediment, sediment deposition, settling, torrential bedload deposits). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 沈積 , 積作" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいせきさよう, ち"せき (bed, bedding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 침 (settling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edimentationsay sedimentação (sediment, settling, subsidence). (various references) sedimentare (deposition, settlement), sedimentaţie. (various references) осаждение, отложение осадка. (various references) sedimentacija. (various references) sedimentación (deposition, settling, unhindered settling). (various references) avlagring (bedding, deposit, deposition, sediment). (various references) การทับถมของตะกอนเป็นชั้นหิน. (various references) sedimantasyon (blood sedimentation), tortulaşma, çökelme (precipitation). (various references) осадження. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sedimentation": sedimentations. (additional references) | |
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"Sedimentation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sedimentating, sedimnetation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sedimentation" (pronounced se'dumuntā"shun) |
| 9 | -u m u n t ā" sh u n | experimentation. |
| 8 | -m u n t ā" sh u n | fermentation, fragmentation, pigmentation, segmentation. |
| 7 | -u n t ā" sh u n | confrontation, disorientation, incantation, presentation, recantation. |
| 6 | -n t ā" sh u n | argumentation, augmentation, documentation, implantation, implementation, indentation, instrumentation, misrepresentation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, plantation, regimentation, representation, transplantation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, affectation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, disputation, dissertation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, exploitation, facilitation, flirtation, flotation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, importation, imputation, incapacitation, incrustation, infestation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, lactation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, molestation, mutation, notation, palpitation, permutation, precipitation, premeditation, protestation, quotation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: antimonides, denominates, destination, detainments, emendations, inseminated, meditations, tiemannites. | |
-3 letters: antimonide, antimonies, antinomies, atonements, denominate, dentitions, detainment, detentions, diatomites, distention, emendation, estimation, inseminate, maisonette, mediations, meditation, menadiones, mentations, tendonitis, tiemannite. | |
-4 letters: adenosine, amenities, amnestied, antidotes, antinodes, antinoise, atonement, daintiest, dementias, dentition, detention, detonates, diatomite, dimension, dittanies, dominants, dominates, estaminet, estimated, ideations, indamines, intestine, intimated. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: determinations, sedimentations. | |
+2 letters: demonetizations, depigmentations, intermediations, underestimation. | |
+3 letters: codeterminations, demagnetizations, indeterminations, redeterminations, underestimations. | |
+4 letters: disintermediation, predeterminations. | |
+5 letters: disintermediations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e d i m e n t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0064 0069 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53717075797180866786758180 |
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