🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

sedimentation noun

  • The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.
 sédimentation

sediment noun

  /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/
  • A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
 sédiment

sediment verb

  /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/
  • (transitive) To deposit material as a sediment.
  • (intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment.
 sédimenter

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

sédimentation noun {f}

  /se.di.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
sedimentation, deposition
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