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Synonyms for sediment
ˈsɛd ə məntsed·i·ment
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sediment
Synonyms:
settlement, lees, dregs, grounds, refuse, dross, residuum, precipitateAntonyms:
elutriation, lixiviation, clarification, colature, edulcoration, nitration
Princeton's WordNet
sediment, depositverb
matter that has been deposited by some natural process
Synonyms:
down payment, bank deposit, alluviation, sedimentation, depositary, deposition, depository, deposit, repositorysedimentverb
deposit as a sediment
sedimentverb
settle as sediment
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List of paraphrases for "sediment":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3816 | deposit | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#5087 | grounds | |
#6759 | repository | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#10866 | sediment | |
#12728 | deposition | |
#17755 | sediments | |
#20092 | depository | |
#24465 | lees | |
#26967 | pellet | |
#28495 | sedimentation | |
#31066 | sedimentary | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#43789 | depositary | |
#72134 | dregs | |
#73663 | depositional | |
#77731 | dross | |
#192178 | residuum |
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At that stage there was no way they could get anywhere near the boys. Conditions were really quite bad, the water flow was very strong and the suspended sediment made visibility very low. To be fair, the chances of getting far were not high.
Zones like the one we investigated are not uncommon along rifts, so I expect that similar reservoirs may exist elsewhere in the Okinawa Trough as well as other sediment-covered continental back-arc basins around the world.
If we were to lose these crab species or they were able to become substantially less abundant, that has implications for sediment turnover. It has implications for forest regeneration and growth. It has implications for the tidiness of our beach and ocean environments because potentially you don't have the vultures coming in and cleaning things up.
We have found Marshall Islands are resilient in the face of rising seas and that sediment supply to some atolls is out-pacing sea level rise, what we don't know is how that will play out in coming decades.
What happens with the sediment is it just smothers it, while higher nutrients cause algae to out-compete the corals.
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- утайкаBulgarian
- usazeninaCzech
- Satz, SedimentGerman
- sedimentigi, feĉoEsperanto
- sedimentoSpanish
- sedimentoitua, sedimentti, sedimentoidaFinnish
- sédimenter, sédimentFrench
- üledékHungarian
- մրուրArmenian
- endapanIndonesian
- vatnborin jarðvegsefni, botnlag, botnfall, set, syrja, dreggjar, vindborin jarðvegsefniIcelandic
- sedimento, depositoItalian
- 堆積物Japanese
- waiparaMāori
- талогMacedonian
- sedimenterenDutch
- osadPolish
- sedimentoPortuguese
- отложение, осаждаться, осадок, осаждать, отстойRussian
- талог, talogSerbo-Croatian
- 沉澱Chinese
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