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Lateritious sedimentLateritious Lat"er*i"tious, a. [L. lateritius, fr. later a
brick.]
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling
brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at
the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of
uric acid or urates with some coloring matter. Sedimental
Sedimental Sed`i*men"tal, a.
Sedimentary.
sedimentaryAqueous A"que*ous, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua.
See Aqua, Aquose.]
1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it;
watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall.
2. Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit. --Dana.
Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable
substance by steeping it in water.
Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid
fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens
and the cornea. (See Eye.)
Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water
and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which
are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks. Sedimentation
Sedimentation Sed`i*men*ta"tion, n.
The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the
deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are
formed.
Meaning of SEDIMENT from wikipedia
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Sediment is a
solid material that is
transported to a new
location where it is deposited. It
occurs naturally and,
through the
processes of weathering...
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sediments,
either in
unconsolidated deposits or in
sedimentary rocks. The
degree of
sorting is
determined by the
range of
grain sizes in a
sediment deposit...
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Pelagic sediment or
pelagite is a fine-grained
sediment that ac****ulates as the
result of the
settling of
particles to the
floor of the open ocean, far...
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Sediment transport is the
movement of
solid particles (
sediment),
typically due to a
combination of
gravity acting on the
sediment, and the
movement of...
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settle in place. The
particles that form a
sedimentary rock are
called sediment, and may be
composed of
geological detritus (minerals) or
biological detritus...
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river delta is a
triangular landform created by the
deposition of the
sediments that are
carried by the
waters of a river,
where the
river merges with...
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sediment basin is a
temporary pond
built on a
construction site to
capture eroded or
disturbed soil that is
washed off
during rain storms, and protect...
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sediment as
protection and may also have fed upon
detritus or the mat of
microbes which tended to grow on the
surface of the
sediment. Today,...
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Marine sediment, or
ocean sediment, or
seafloor sediment, are
deposits of
insoluble particles that have ac****ulated on the seafloor.
These particles either...
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Sedimental is an
independent recording label based in Greenfield, M****achusetts
releasing mainly experimental,
sound art, noise, free jazz,
avant garde...
