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Loose aggregate of solids derived from preexisting rocks, or solids precipitated from solution by inorganic chemical processes or extracted from solution by organisms.
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| sedimentation |
The process of subsidence and deposition of suspended matter from a wastewater by gravity.
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| sedative |
Sedatives commonly function to induce reversible depression of the central nervous system. Examples of this class are phenobarbital, secobarbital sodium, and pentobarbital.
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| sediment |
Materials that sink to the bottom of a body of water or materials that are deposited by wind, water, or glaciers.
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| sedimentation |
(1) Strictly, the act or process of depositing sediment from suspension in water. Broadly, all the processes whereby particles of rock material are accumulated to form sedimentary deposits. (2) (Water Quality) Letting solids settle out of wastewater by gravity during treatment.
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