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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sediment \Sed"i*ment\, n. [F. s['e]diment, L. sedimentum a
settling, fr sedere to sit to settle. See {Sit}.]
1. The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or
any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.
2. (Geol.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are
formed.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sediment
n : matter deposited by water or ice or wind [syn: {deposit}]
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