SEDIMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sedimentation mean? 

• SEDIMENTATION (noun)
  The noun SEDIMENTATION has 1 sense:

1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

  Familiarity information: SEDIMENTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEDIMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation

Hypernyms ("sedimentation" is a kind of...):

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sedimentation"):

load; lode (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)

Derivation:

sediment (deposit as a sediment)

 Context examples 

Separation of particles on the basis of their differential sedimentation rate.

(Elutriative Centrifugation, NCI Thesaurus)

The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone marrow.

(Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NCI Dictionary)

Also called erythrocyte sedimentation rate and sedimentation rate.

(ESR, NCI Dictionary)

Fever, anemia, leucocytosis, and an increased sedimentation rate are often seen.

(Ewing Sarcoma of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

They found that the best indicators of oxygen penetration to the igneous basement are a low sedimentation accumulation rate and a relatively thin sediment layer.

(No limit to life in deep sediment of ocean's "deadest" region, NSF)

A method of separating cells by either their differential rate of sedimentation in a centrifugal gradient or their differential buoyancy in a density gradient.

(Cell Separation by Density Gradient Centrifugation, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of separating macromolecules by either their differential rate of sedimentation in a centrifugal gradient or their differential buoyancy in a density gradient.

(Density Gradient Centrifugation, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood tests for C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can help physicians assess levels of inflammation in the body.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A clinical stage I or II non-Hodgkin lymphoma with at least one of the following risk factors: large mediastinal mass, extranodal spread, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, involvement of at least three lymph node areas, and B symptoms.

(Early Unfavorable Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical stage I or II non-Hodgkin lymphoma without any of the following risk factors: large mediastinal mass, extranodal spread, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, involvement of at least three lymph node areas, and B symptoms.

(Early Favorable Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)