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"SEDIMENTS" is a plural of: sediment. |
Date "SEDIMENTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | Particulate material, including soil, sand, and minerals, transported and deposited by water or wind (see erosion). Waterborne sediments cloud the water diminishing sunlight available to aquatic plants; sediments deposited in reservoirs, rivers, and harbors destroy fish and wildlife habitat and may fill shipping channels. Farming, mining, and building and construction activities that expose soil to wind and rain are major sources of sediments. (references) |
Environment | Soil, sand, and minerals washed from land into water, usually after rain. They pile up in reservoirs, rivers and harbors, destroying fish and wildlife habitat, and clouding the water so that sunlight cannot reach aquatic plants. Careless farming, mining, and building activities will expose sediment materials, allowing them to wash off the land after rainfall. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sedimentary rock is formed from the weathered remains of other rocks. Sedimentary rocks are formed from overburden pressure as particles of sediment are deposited out of air, ice, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension. As sediment deposition builds up, the overburden (or lithostatic) pressure squeezes the sediment into layered solids in a process known as lithification ("rock formation") and the original connate fluids are expelled.
Sedimentary rocks are composed largely of silica (i.e. quartz), with other common minerals including feldspars, amphiboles, clay minerals and sometimes more exotic igneous minerals. Sedimentary rocks are classified as clastic, that is, they are composed of discrete clasts of material (rather than being composed of organic material as is the case for a limestone).
Carbonate minerals precipitating out of the ocean cover the ocean floor with layers of calcite which can later form limestone.
Sedimentary rocks are economically important in that they can be used as construction material. In addition, sedimentary rocks often form porous and permeable reservoirs in sedimentary basins in which petroleum and other hydrocarbons can be found.
It is believed that the relatively low levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, in comparison to that of Venus, is due to large amounts of carbon being trapped in limestone and dolomite sedimentary layers. The flux of carbon from eroded sediments to marine deposits is known as the carbon-cycle.
The shape of the particles in sedimentary rocks has an important effect on the ability of micro-organisms to colonize them. This interaction is studied in the science of geomicrobiology. One measure of the shape of these particles is the roundness factor, also known as the Krumbein number after the geologist W. C. Krumbein.
Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups. See also igneous and metamorphic.
Sedimentary rock is formed from the weathered remains of other rocks. See also: sandstone, list of minerals, list of rocks
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sedimentary rock."
| 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 |
| SET | English | Sediments,Environment and Tectonics | Environment, Geography |
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 | Sensing units on BISP Measured rate of biological respiration in bottom sediments BISP - Benthic Interface Sensing Package On NOAA Ship PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | This image shows the process of sediment deposition and was taken during construction. The dredged sediments are left to settle and and lose water before being used to construct the marsh platform. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The Bay side of East Timbalier Island, oiled sediments after the blowout. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Polychaete worms like this bloodworm, Glycera sp., abound in salt marsh sediments. Some of these segmented worms are free living while others are tube builders. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Fiddler crabs inhabit mudflats. They help provide nutrients and oxygen to the soil with their constant burrowing in the sediments. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Small dead crab in hypoxic (no oxygen) sediments off Louisiana. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Figure 25. Samples of different types of marine sediments. This display was conceived by Professor Julien Thoulet in 1905 to both educate the public but also as guide for sailors who used bottom samples as a guide in piloting. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 48. A sea bottom dredge designed by Jacques Picard in 1961 at the Marseille Marine Station and first used in the Bay of Marseille. This was meant to sample the fauna living in the sediments covering the seafloor. This instrument is similar to a box dredge or deep sea anchor dredge. It was first tested in 1961 in the Bay of Marseille. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 72. Pycnometers for the measurement of the density of sediments. According to Thoulet, the apparent density of a sediment is the weight per cm cubed of the dry sediment when compressed as much as possible. The true densit y is the relation of the weight of the sample relative to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at 4C. Thoulet studied these sediment properties. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Agricultural Research Service ecologists Charlie Cooper (left) and Scott Knight sample bottom sediments in Thighman Lake, Mississippi, for small invertebrates that indicate ecosystem health. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Business | This dam contains a lot of sediments and USAID developed a system to protect this basin by introducing citrus and olive trees. (references) | |
This use accounts for 60 - 80% of waste oil used as a process fuel. Waste oil can also be treated to produce a fuel with similar properties and emissions levels to that of virgin fuel. Waste oil is passed through a flash column to remove water, and then, through distillation, sediments, heavy hydrocarbons, metals and additives are removed. (references) | ||
In conclusion, the major areas of concern are related to the improvement of the quality of supplied water and water resources and the development of new wastewater treatment plants and the modernization of the existing ones. There is also concern with the accumulations of heavy metals and organic compounds existing in sediments, and the reduction of the nitrogen, pesticides and other degradation product concentration in waters. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SEDIMENTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.61% of the time. "SEDIMENTS" is used about 507 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 (plural) | 99.61% | 505 | 11,960 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 507 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SEDIMENTS": argillaceous sediments ♦ Geologic Sediments ♦ interseam sediments ♦ mobilization of sediments. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SEDIMENTS": meta-sediments. | |
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| Language | Translations for "SEDIMENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | sedimentforurening (pollution of sediments), sedimentakkumulation (accumulation of sediments), sedimentaflejring (deposition of sediments), overfoerslen af forurening inden for et ferskvandsmiljoe kan betragtes som resultanten af forureningens fordeling mellem tre kompartments : vandet, de suspenderede stoffer og bundsedimenterne (and bottom sediments, or material in suspension, suspended material, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), lerholdige sedimenter (argillaceous sediments), graderede sedimenter (graded sediments), geologisk deponering i dybhavsaflejringer (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), forurening af de aflejrede lag (pollution of sediments), bundfald (bad settlings, base, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, crust, deposit, masking, précipitation, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, sediments and water). (various references) | |
Dutch | sedimentafzetting (deposition of sediments), vervuiling van sedimenten (pollution of sediments), opeenhoping van sedimenten (accumulation of sediments), opbergen in diepgelegen sedimenten in de oceaan (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), onzuiverheden op de bodem van een bezinktank (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), kleihoudende sedimenten (argillaceous sediments), het transport van een verontreiniging in een zortwatermilieu kan worden beschouwd als de resultante van de verdeling ervan over drie sectoren, : water, gesuspendeerde sedimenten en sedimenten die zich in het stroombed hebben afgezet (and bottom sediments, or material in suspension, suspended material, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), gesorteerde sedimenten (graded sediments), afzetting van sedimenten (deposition of sediments). (various references) | |
Finnish | sedimenttien kerrostuminen (deposition of sediments), pohjasedimentit ja vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), kerralliset sedimentit (graded sediments), kaivonpohjasedimentit ja-vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water). (various references) | |
French | sédiment de base et eau (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, sediments and water), sédiments profonds (deep-ocean sediments), sédiments meubles (unconsolidated sediments), sédiments marins pélagiques (deep-sea sediments), sédiments et résidus (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, sediments and water), sédiments des grands fonds (deep-ocean sediments), sédiments classés (graded sediments), sédiments argileux (argillaceous sediments), sédiments alluviaux (stream sediments), stampe (interseam sediments), barre (interseam sediments, searcher bar), dépôt des sédiments (deposition of sediments), eau et sédiments (water and sediments), enfouissement géologique dans les sédiments océaniques profonds (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), la concentration de 85 Sr dans des sédiments contenant des solides organiques dégradables était plus élevée que celle relevée dans les sédiments non pollués (the 85 Sr concentration in sediments containing degradable organic solids was higher than that found in the unpolluted sediments), le transfert d'une pollution dans un milieu dulcicole peut être considéré comme la résultante de la répartition du polluant entre trois compartiments : eau, sédiments en suspension, sédiments constitutifs du lit (and bottom sediments, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), mise en mouvement de matériaux solides (mobilization of sediments), mobilisation de matériaux solides (mobilization of sediments), accumulation de sédiments (accumulation of sediments), proportion de matériaux solides (proportion of sediments), pollution des sédiments (pollution of sediments). (various references) | |
German | sedimente, Ablagerungen (encrustation, fouling, incrustation, scaling). (various references) | |
Greek | κοκκομετρικά διαβαθμισμένα ιζήματα (graded sediments), ρύπανση των ιζημάτων (pollution of sediments), υπολείματα (odds and ends), η μεταφορά της ρύπανσης στα γλυκά νερά μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ως συνισταμένη των ρύπων που κατανέμονται σε τρεις τομείς:το νερό,τα αιωρούμενα σ (and bottom sediments, or material in suspension, suspended material, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), εναπόθεση αποβλήτων σε βαθείς ωκεάνειους ιζηματογενείς γεωλογικούς σχηματισμούς (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), ενδιαστρώσεις αγόνων (dirtband, interseam sediments, parting), άγονα (dirtband, interseam sediments, parting, tailings, waste), αργιλώδη ιζήματα (argillaceous sediments), απόθεση ιζημάτων (deposition of sediments), διαβαθμισμένα ιζήματα (graded sediments). (various references) | |
Italian | sedimenti gradati (graded sediments), sedimenti e residui di fondo (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), sedimenti argillosi (argillaceous sediments), proporzione di materiale solido (proportion of sediments, proportion of solids), mobilizzazione di materiale solido (mobilization of sediments), mobilizzazione del sedimento (mobilization of sediments), la concentrazione di Sr 85 nei sedimenti contenenti solidi organici degradabili era maggiore di quella riscontrata nei sedimenti non inquinati (the 85 Sr concentration in sediments containing degradable organic solids was higher than that found in the unpolluted sediments), interclusi (dirtband, interseam sediments, parting), inquinamento dei sedimenti (pollution of sediments), inizio del moto (mobilization of sediments), il trasferimento dell'inquinamento in un mezzo dulciacquicolo puo' essere considerato come la risultante della ripartizione dell'agente inquinante fra i tre compartimenti : acqua, sedimenti in sospensione, sedimenti costitutivi del letto (and bottom sediments, or material in suspension, suspended material, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), eliminazione per via geologica nei sedimenti oceanici profondi (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), deposito di sedimenti (deposition of sediments), accumulazione di sedimenti (accumulation of sediments). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | edimentssay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | poluição dos sedimentos (pollution of sediments), intercalações estéreis (dirtband, interseam sediments, parting), deposição de sedimentos (deposition of sediments), armazenamento geológico em sedimentos oceânicos profundos (geological disposal in deep oceanic sediments), água e sedimentos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), a concentração de 85 Sr em sedimentos contendo sólidos orgânicos degradáveis foi superior quela encontrada em sedimentos não poluídos (the 85 Sr concentration in sediments containing degradable organic solids was higher than that found in the unpolluted sediments). (various references) | |
Spanish | sedimentos y residuos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), sedimentos marinos pelágicos (deep-sea sediments), sedimentos gradados (graded sediments), sedimentos de fondo profundo (deep-ocean sediments), sedimentos clasificados (graded sediments), sedimentos arcillosos (argillaceous sediments), la transferencia de una contaminación en un medio de agua dulce se puede considerar como la resultante de la distribución del contaminante entre tres compartimentos: agua, sedimentos en suspensión y sedimentos constitutivos del lecho (and bottom sediments, or material in suspension, suspended material, the transfer of pollution within a fresh-water environment can be viewed as resulting from the distribution of the pollutant between three sectors : water), la concentración de Sr 85 en los sedimentos que contenían sólidos orgánicos degradables era más elevada que la encontrada en los sedimentos no contaminados (the 85 Sr concentration in sediments containing degradable organic solids was higher than that found in the unpolluted sediments), intercalaciones de estéril (dirtband, interseam sediments, parting), contaminación de los sedimentos (pollution of sediments). (various references) | |
Swedish | sorterade sediment (graded sediments), sedimentär avlagring (deposition of sediments), sediment (sediment), bottensats (deposit, dregs, foots, Lees, sediment, settlings). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"SEDIMENTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sedigent, seicento, Selinunte, setiment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SEDIMENTS" (pronounced se"dumunts) |
| 8 | -e" d u m u n t s | impediments. |
| 7 | -d u m u n t s | condiments, rudiments. |
| 6 | -u m u n t s | accompaniments, arguments, armaments, complements, documents, elements, experiments, filaments, implements, increments, instruments, ligaments, monuments, ornaments, parliaments, predicaments, regiments, sacraments, sentiments, supplements, temperaments, tenements, tournaments. |
| 5 | -m u n t s | accomplishments, abandonments, abatements, accouterments, achievements, adjustments, advancements, advertisements, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, announcements, apartments, appointments, arraignments, arrangements, assessments, assignments, attachments, basements, battlements, blandishments, bombardments, claimants, commandments, commitments, compartments, copayments, curtailments, deferments, departments, deployments, derailments, developments, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, displacements, divestments, embarrassments, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, environments, equipments, escarpments, establishments, figments, formants, fragments, garments, governments, impairments, impeachments, impoundments, improvements, incitements, indictments, inducements, informants, infringements, installments, investments, involvements, judgements, judgments, managements, measurements, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, movements, overpayments, overstatements, pavements, payments, pigments, placements, postponements, prepayments, procurements, pronouncements, punishments, readjustments, realignments, reassignments, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, reimbursements, reinforcements, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, segments, settlements, shipments, statements, treatments, undergarments, underpayments. |
| 4 | -u n t s | accelerants, accidents, abortifacients, accountants, adherents, adolescents, agents, ancients, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, applicants, aspirants, assailants, assistants, astringents, attendants, belligerents, celebrants, clients, coefficients, combatants, complainants, components, consonants, constants, constituents, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, cormorants, correspondents, covenants, Crosscurrents, currents, decedents, decongestants, defendants, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, dependents, depressants, descendants, descendents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, deviants, disinfectants, dispersants, dissidents, docents, elephants, emigrants, entrants, equivalents, exponents, fluorescents, frequents, giants, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, incidents, incompetents, incumbents, independents, indigents, infants, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, insurgents, irritants, lieutenants, litigants, lubricants, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, oxidants, pageants, parents, participants, patents, patients, peasants, pennants, pheasants, pollutants, precedents, presents, propellants, proponents, protestants, reagents, recipients, refrigerants, Regents, registrants, remnants, residents, respondents, rodents, savants, sealants, sergeants, serpents, servants, solvents, stimulants, students, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, talents, tenants, torrents, transients, tyrants, undercurrents, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-m-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: destines, mindsets, mistends, sediment. | |
-2 letters: dements, demises, densest, destine, dimness, dissent, emetins, endites, metisse, mindset, missend, missent, mistend, nemesis, sestine, sidemen, siemens, snidest. | |
-3 letters: deisms, deists, dement, demies, demise, demits, denies, denims, desist, dienes, dieses, dismes, emends, emesis, emetin, endite, insets, itemed, mensed, menses, mesnes, messed, midsts, minted, missed, misset, misted, nested, seined. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-m-n-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: advisements, designments, despisement, disseminate, dissepiment, divestments, endomitoses, limitedness, timidnesses. | |
+3 letters: despisements, despoilments, determinisms, determinists, disablements, disbursement, discernments, disesteeming, disguisement, disseminated, disseminates, dissepiments, disseverment, eudaemonists, indorsements, irredentisms, rescindments, seminudities. | |
+4 letters: demolishments, densitometers, disagreements, disbursements, disendowments, disguisements, disinterments, disinvestment, dislodgements, displacements, disseverments, endometrioses, endometriosis, immediateness, limitednesses, misadventures, misdemeanants, misidentifies, pedestrianism, semisedentary. | |
+5 letters: advertisements, arrondissement, credentialisms, demonstratives, densitometries, determinedness, diminutiveness, disburdenments, disengagements, disfigurements, disinvestments, dismantlements, dismemberments, disparagements, divertissement, endometritises, immoderateness, indeterminisms, indeterminists, meditativeness, methodicalness, misrepresented, pedestrianisms, pseudonymities, sedimentations, underestimates, unsystematized. | |
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