sedimentation

See also: sédimentation

English

Etymology

sediment +‎ -ation

Noun

sedimentation (countable and uncountable, plural sedimentations)

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.

Derived terms

erythrocyte sedimentation rate
sedimentational
sedimentation constant
sedimentation rate

Translations

separation of a suspension of solid particles into a slurry

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沉積 (zh), 沉积 (zh) (chénjī)
Finnish: sedimentoituminen, saostuminen (fi), saostaminen (fi)
French: sédimentation (fr) f
German: Sedimentation (de) f
Irish: dríodrú m

Japanese: 堆積 (ja) (たいせき, taiseki)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sedimentering m or f

Nynorsk: sedimentering f
Russian: осажде́ние (ru) n (osaždénije), седимента́ция (ru) f (sedimentácija)
Tagalog: patining

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