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Meaning of SEDIMENTARY

Pronunciation:  `sedu'menturee

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 Definition: [adj]  resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; "sedimentary deposits"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sed`i*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]dimentaire.]
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing
matter that has subsided.
{Sedimentary rocks}. (Geol.) See {Aqueous rocks}, under
   {Aqueous}.
 
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