"sedimentation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sedimentations [plural]
Etymology: sediment + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sediment|ation}} sediment + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sedimentation (countable and uncountable, plural sedimentations)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: sedimentation Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sedimentational, sedimentation constant, sedimentation rate, Zeleny sedimentation value Translations (separation of a suspension of solid particles into a slurry): утаяване (utajavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 沉積 (Chinese Mandarin), 沉积 (chénjī) (Chinese Mandarin), sedimentace [feminine] (Czech), sedimentoituminen (Finnish), saostuminen (Finnish), saostaminen (Finnish), sédimentation [feminine] (French), Sedimentation [feminine] (German), sedimentasi (Indonesian), dríodrú [masculine] (Irish), 堆積 (taiseki) (alt: たいせき) (Japanese), sedimentering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sedimentering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), осажде́ние (osaždénije) [neuter] (Russian), седимента́ция (sedimentácija) [feminine] (Russian), patining (Tagalog)

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