Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biosediment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: biosed-i-ment
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sediment composed of or containing organic material.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This type of biosediment constitutes the oldest morphological evidence of life which can be traced back over 3.5 billion years of earth history."
"Bennett et al. (1991) indicated that biosediment aggregates composed of detrital clay and organic mucus ("marine snow") may be one of the mechanisms for the rapid sedimentation of clay floccules."
"The increased size of biosediments probably initiated the process of biosediment oxidation."
"The material deposited as biosediment is important part of biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems."

Etymology

From bio- + sediment.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bio

Usage

Inflected Forms

biosediments (plural)

Questions

What does biosediment mean?: Sediment composed of or containing organic material.
Where does biosediment come from?: From bio- + sediment.

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