sedimentation

See also: sédimentation

English

Etymology

From sediment +‎ -ation.

Noun

sedimentation (countable and uncountable, plural sedimentations)

1. The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.

Derived terms

• erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• sedimentational
• sedimentation constant
• sedimentation rate
• sedimentation time
• Zeleny sedimentation value

Translations

separation of a suspension of solid particles into a slurry

• Bulgarian: утаяване n (utajavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沉積／沉积 (zh) (chénjī)

• Czech: sedimentace f
• Finnish: sedimentoituminen, saostuminen (fi), saostaminen (fi)
• French: sédimentation (fr) f
• German: Sedimentation (de) f
• Indonesian: sedimentasi (id)
• Irish: dríodrú m
• Japanese: 堆積 (ja) (たいせき, taiseki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sedimentering m or f

  Nynorsk: sedimentering f

• Russian: осажде́ние (ru) n (osaždénije), седимента́ция (ru) f (sedimentácija)
• Tagalog: patining