silt

  • 11silt — ● silt nom masculin (anglais silt, limon) Sédiment meuble de la classe des lutites (4 à 62 μm). Roche sédimentaire plus ou moins consolidée qui en dérive …

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  • 12silt — s.m.inv. TS geol. sedimento clastico incoerente formato da granuli di dimensioni comprese tra 1|16 e 1|256 di mm {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1981. ETIMO: dall ingl. silt propr. fango …

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  • 13Silt — der; s <aus engl. silt »Schlamm, Schlick, Treibsand«, dies aus dem Skand. (dän. u. norw. sylt)> feinkörniges, ↑klastisches Sediment (Geol.) …

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  • 14silt — mid 15c., originally sediment deposited by seawater, probably from M.L.G. or M.Du. silte, sulte salt marsh, brine, related to O.E. sealt, O.H.G. sulza saltwater, Ger. Sulze brine (see SALT (Cf. salt)). The verb meaning to become choked with silt… …

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  • 15silt — ► NOUN ▪ fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment. ► VERB ▪ fill or block with silt. DERIVATIVES siltation noun silty adjective. ORIGIN probably originally denoting a salty deposit; related to… …

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  • 16šilt — šȉlt m <N mn šìltovi, G šȉltōvā> DEFINICIJA reg. štitnik na kapi ETIMOLOGIJA njem. Schild …

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  • 17silt — siltation, n. silty, adj. /silt/, n. 1. earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. v.i. 2. to become filled or choked up with silt. v.t. 3. to fill or choke up with silt. [1400 50; late… …

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  • 18silt up — verb become chocked with silt The river silted up • Syn: ↑silt • Derivationally related forms: ↑silt (for: ↑silt) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 19silt — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine ▪ The water contains fine silt. … OF SILT ▪ deposit, layer ▪ The wreck was covered in a fine layer of silt …

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  • 20Silt — Unter Schluff (auch englisch: Silt) versteht man in den Geowissenschaften unverfestigte klastische Sedimente (Feinböden) und Sedimentgesteine, die zu mindestens 95 % aus Komponenten mit einer Korngröße von 0,002 mm bis 0,063 mm bestehen. Dieses… …

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