Definitions for sedimentations

sedimentations sed·i·men·ta·tion

Spelling: [sed-uh-muh n-tey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌsɛd ə mənˈteɪ ʃən/

Sedimentations is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1912 anagrams from letters in sedimentations (adeeiimnnosstt).

Definitions for sedimentations

noun

  1. the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
  2. the deposition or accumulation of sediment.

Origin of sedimentations

First recorded in 1870-75; sediment + -ation

Examples for sedimentations

Where oceanic currents are annually reversed by monsoons, sedimentation may be regularly varied, or interrupted, once a year.

In the selection of key horizons, knowledge of the conditions of sedimentation is very important.

Varying winds may348 drive currents this way and that, causing alternations in sedimentation.

Through the sorting processes of sedimentation,—the same processes which form sandstone, shale, and limestone.

Such ores are not always easy to discriminate from ores resulting primarily from sedimentation.

The sedimentation process, moreover, raises river channels above the level of the nearby terrain.

sedimentation is still going on at river mouths and along the coasts, where deltas are being built and mangrove thickets flourish.

sedimentation from this point of view is a convection of energy.

The subject is closely related to geography, climatology, sedimentation, and hydrology.

For instance, an igneous rock may become a schist without going through the intermediate stage of sedimentation.

The sedimentation process, moreover, raises river channels above the level of the nearby terrain.

sedimentation from this point of view is a convection of energy.

The subject is closely related to geography, climatology, sedimentation, and hydrology.

Where oceanic currents are annually reversed by monsoons, sedimentation may be regularly varied, or interrupted, once a year.

Through the sorting processes of sedimentation,—the same processes which form sandstone, shale, and limestone.

In the selection of key horizons, knowledge of the conditions of sedimentation is very important.

For instance, an igneous rock may become a schist without going through the intermediate stage of sedimentation.

Varying winds may348 drive currents this way and that, causing alternations in sedimentation.

sedimentation is still going on at river mouths and along the coasts, where deltas are being built and mangrove thickets flourish.

Such ores are not always easy to discriminate from ores resulting primarily from sedimentation.

Word Value for sedimentations
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16

Words with friends

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