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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

sédiment

, L.

sedimentum

a settling, fr.

sedere

to sit, to settle. See

The matter which subsides to the bottom, from water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

(Geol.)

The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Noun.

[L. sedimentum, from sedeo, to settle.] The matter which subsides to the bottom of liquors; settlings; lees; dregs.

See also: sediment and Sediment

sédiment m ‎(plural sédiments)