sedimentation
pronunciation
How to pronounce sedimentation in British English:
UK [ˌsedɪmenˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce sedimentation in American English:
US [ˌsɛdəmənˈteʃən, -mɛn-]
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- Noun:
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
Word Origin
- sedimentation (n.)
- 1845, from sediment + -ation.
Example
- 1. Additional sedimentation occurred until a subduction zone formed off the coast .
- 2. These ratios indirectly measure the amount of water locked up in glacial ice sheets at the time of sedimentation .
- 3. Human waste is channelled into a septic tank and undergoes an initial step of sedimentation and anaerobic digestion .
- 4. Repeated aerial surveys over the coming years will also give the researchers insight into how vegetation recovers from fires , how the beetles affect this process , how erosion and sedimentation affect the region 's water resources , and whether fire creates opportunities for new species to invade .
- 5. Du yun , a geologist with the institute of geodesy and geophysics at the china academy of sciences , has warned that the diversion of a third of the water in the danjiangkou reservoir will raise the risk of pollution , sedimentation and flooding on the han river .