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sediment (s) (noun), sediments (pl)
1. Matter or insoluble material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
2. Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice to other locations.
This entry is located in the following units: -ment (page 8) sed-, sedat-, -sid, -sess (page 5)
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cosmic sediment (s) (noun), cosmic sediments (pl)
Particles of extraterrestrial origin which are observed as black magnetic spherules in deep-sea sediments.
This entry is located in the following units: cosmo-, cosm-, cosmico-, cosm, -cosmia, -cosmos, -cosmic, -cosmics, -cosmical, -cosmology, -cosms (page 2) hypo-, hyp- (page 1)