sedimentary
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
sedimentary (not comparable)
- (geology, of a rock) Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
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composed of sediment
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Noun
sedimentary (plural sedimentaries)
- 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], :
- 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.