sedimentary

English

Etymology

From sediment +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/, /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

sedimentary (not comparable)

1. (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
   • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:

     It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.

Coordinate terms

• igneous, metamorphic

Derived terms

• biosedimentary
• metasedimentary
• morphosedimentary
• nonsedimentary
• sedimentary basin
• sedimentary rock
• synsedimentary

 

Translations

composed of sediment

• Bulgarian: утаечен (bg) (utaečen)
• Catalan: sedimentari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沉積成的 / 沉积成的 (chénjī chéng de)

• Finnish: kerrostunut, sedimenttinen, sedimentti- (fi)
• French: sédimentaire (fr)
• Galician: sedimentario (gl)
• Italian: sedimentario (it)
• Maori: parataiao
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sedimentær

  Nynorsk: sedimentær

• Portuguese: sedimentário
• Romanian: sedimentar (ro)
• Russian: оса́дочный (ru) (osádočnyj)
• Spanish: sedimentario (es)
• Turkish: tortul (tr), tortulu (tr), tunmal

Noun

sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)

1. A rock of this kind.
   • 2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.