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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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