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Meanings of geologic sediment in English

Russian
твёрдый сток
Portuguese
sedimento
Spanish
sedimento
Catalan
sediments
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Particulate matter that is deposited on the surface of land.

        твёрдый сток
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        Examples for "sediment"
        Examples for "sediment"
        1
        The draught had been taken; the sediment only lay dried upon it.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 / A Maga...
        2
        The vessel is changing color, and all the sediment has broken free.
        Stars rain down
        3
        Gunnell and Binfield notice white sediment in pan and lock it up.
        Trial of Mary Blandy
        4
        Falbe lay quietly with his long fingers in the sediment of pine-needles.
        Michael
        5
        Methyl Hg was inversely correlated with salinity, sediment Eh and sand content.
        Pubmed
        1
        Surface meltwaters annually flood the subglacial sediments by means of drainage channels.
        Pubmed
        2
        But when scientists drilled into these sediments, they got quite a surprise.
        BBC
        3
        No sulphate reduction was detected in media inoculated with kettle lake sediments.
        Pubmed
        4
        Those sediments also contain trace amounts of pyrite, an electrically conductive mineral.
        Wired
        5
        The mediterraneans which lay upon it were shallow, as their sediments prove.
        The Elements of Geology