sedimentary

English

Etymology

From sediment +‎ -ary

Adjective

sedimentary (not comparable)

(geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

Coordinate terms

igneous, metamorphic

Derived terms

Translations

composed of sediment

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kerrostunut, sedimenttinen, sedimentti- (fi)
Galician: sedimentaria f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: sedimentær

Nynorsk: sedimentær
Russian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)

A rock of this kind.
- 2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134497:
  The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.

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