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16:06 Dec 17, 2014 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Chromatography | |||||||
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4 +1 | to sediment |
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to sediment Explanation: hi, I've been waiting for a question from my professional background to come along - the word you are looking for might be 'to sediment'. In contrast to 'to precipitate' this describes a purely physical process. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2014-12-17 18:18:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oh, and if you want to go for a less technical term, 'to settle' works fine, too. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.dict.cc/?s=sich+absetzen |
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