āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
sediment
/sËÉdÉĒmÉnt/
Sediment
01
āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž
particles of solid material that settle at the bottom of a liquid
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The geologist studied the sediment at the bottom of the lake to learn about its history.
āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž
particles of rock, minerals, or organic materials that have been transported by wind, water, or ice, and deposited in layers on the Earth's surface
to sediment
01
āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
settle as sediment
02
āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
deposit as a sediment
