SEDIMENTATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Synonyms:

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("sedimentation" is a kind of...):

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sedimentation"):

load; lode (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)

Derivation:

sediment (deposit as a sediment)

Also called ESR and sedimentation rate.

(Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NCI Dictionary)