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SEDIMENT [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Water Pollution
DEF

The material transported by water from the place of origin to the place of deposition.

OBS

In water courses, sediment is the alluvial material carried in suspension or as bed.

OBS

sediment: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Pollution de l'eau
DEF

Matériau transporté par l'eau depuis son lieu d'origine jusqu'au lieu de dépôt.

OBS

Dans les cours d'eau, le sédiment est le matériau alluvionnaire transporté par l'eau ou présent dans le lit du cours d'eau.

OBS

sédiment : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Contaminación del agua
DEF

Material transportado por el agua desde el lugar de origen hasta el lugar de deposición

OBS

En corrientes de agua, el sedimento es el material aluvial transportado en suspensión o como un lecho.

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Record 2 2013-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
DEF

sediments; subhydric soils: Soils and their parent material beneath the surface [of a] water body.

OBS

sediment; subhydric soil: The plural form of these terms ("sediments" and "subhydric soils") and the plural definition have been standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • sediments
  • subhydric soils

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
DEF

sédiments; sols aquatiques : Sols et roches mères correspondantes situés au-dessous de la surface des eaux.

OBS

sédiment; sol aquatique : Les termes au pluriel («sédiments» et «sols aquatiques») et la définition au pluriel ont été normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • sédiments
  • sols aquatiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

Matter composed of particles which fall by gravitation to the bottom of a liquid.

CONT

Because turbine engines have high fuel consumption rates, contaminants accumulate in them rapidly. Fine sediment in the fuel may block the engine fuel supply system and erode critical parts in the engine and fuel control systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Matière composée de particules qui sédimentent par gravité dans un liquide.

CONT

Un système de distribution du carburant comprendra un filtre approuvé, un séparateur d'eau ou moniteur d'eau pour prévenir l'infiltration d'eau ou de sédiment dans les réservoirs d'aéronef.

OBS

sédiment : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Solid fragmental material that originates from weathering of rocks and is transported or deposited by air, water, or ice, or that accumulates by other natural agents, such as chemical precipitation from solution or secretion by organisms, and that forms in layers on the Earth's surface at ordinary temperatures in a loose, unconsolidated form; e.g. sand, gravel, silt, mud, till, loess, alluvium.

CONT

Broadly speaking, sediments can be divided into two great groups, allochthonous deposits and autochthonous deposits. The allochthonous deposits are those which were transported into the environment in which they are deposited. ... The autochthonous sediments are those which form within the environment in which they are deposited.

OBS

sed: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Ensemble constitué par la réunion de particules plus ou moins grosses ou de matières précipitées ayant, séparément, subi un certain transport.

CONT

Les matériaux des sédiments peuvent, par exemple provenir de l'érosion de roches antérieures, ou résulter d'une activité organique (accumulation de coquilles...).

OBS

Après un dépôt, un sédiment subit une diagenèse et devient roche sédimentaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Material transportado por el agua desde su lugar de origen al de depósito. En los cursos de agua, son los materiales aluviales llevados en suspensión o como arrastre de fondo.

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Record 5 1999-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry
  • Rubber
DEF

Sediment in uncompounded rubber latex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Caoutchouc

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Material collected by sedimentation of a solution in a centrifuge tube.

CONT

At a relatively low speed, large components, such as nuclei and unbroken cells, sediment rapidly and form a pellet at the bottom of the centrifuge tube; at a slightly higher speed, a pellet of mitochondria is deposited; and at even higher speeds and longer periods of centrifugation, first the small, closed vesicles and then the ribosomes can be collected. All of these fractions are impure, but resuspending the pellet an repeating the centrifugation procedure several times removes many of their contaminants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Dépôt formé au fond d'un récipient par la sédimentation spontanée, ou provoquée par sédimentation, des éléments (globules rouges, par ex.) contenus dans un liquide.

Spanish

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