Sedimentary Definition

sĕdə-mĕntə-rē, -mĕntrē
adjective
Of, having the nature of, or containing sediment.
Webster's New World
Formed by the deposit of sediment or by evaporation or precipitation, as certain rocks.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Sedimentary

  • From Latin sedere, to sit.

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Sedimentary Sentence Examples

  • The sedimentary deposits include slate, limestone and sandstone.

  • The sedimentary rocks are affected by many dikes and sheets of igneous rock, some of the latter being extrusive and some intrusive.

  • In sedimentary rocks it occurs as detrital material.

  • In a large part of this basin the covering of sedimentary deposits is comparatively thin.

  • The most widely spread of the sedimentary beds belong to the Miocene period.'

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SSESED

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YRYARY

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