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SEDIMENTARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produced by the action of water

Synonyms:

aqueous; sedimentary

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment

Example:

sedimentary deposits

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sediment (matter that has been deposited by some natural process)

Derivation:

sediment (matter that has been deposited by some natural process)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You could have had kilometer-thick piles of moon sediment raining down on Mars in the early parts of the planet's history, and there are enigmatic sedimentary deposits on Mars with no explanation as to how they got there, said Purdue's David Minton, assistant professor of Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences.

(Mars May Have Had Rings, and May Once Again, VOA News)