sediment
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noun
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
〖しばしば～s〗 沈殿物; おり, かす
Geology particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the bottom of a body of water, and may in time become consolidated into rock.
〘地〙 (水中の)堆積物
verb no object
settle as sediment.
(of a liquid) deposit a sediment.
with object deposit (something) as a sediment:
e.g. the DNA was sedimented by centrifugation
e.g. (as adjective sedimented) : sedimented waste.
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from French sédiment or Latin sedimentum ‘settling’, from sedere ‘sit’.