Sedimentation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sedimentation \Sed`i*men*ta"tion\, n.
     The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the
     deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are
     formed.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sedimentation
       n : the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating [syn: {deposit},
            {alluviation}]