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activated sludge

activated sludge noun: sewage that has been aerated and agitated in order to promote the growth of beneficial microorganisms that break down organic matter.

Noun

activated sludge (countable and uncountable, plural activated sludges)

  1. Sewage that has been aerated and agitated in order to promote the growth of beneficial microorganisms that break down organic matter.

activated sludge meaning in Tamil and Kannada

activated sludge in Tamil

கிளாத்திய கசடு

activated sludge in Kannada

ಪಟೂಕೃತ ರಾಡಿ

Forms of activated sludge

pluralactivated sludges

Questions about activated sludge

What does activated sludge mean?
Activated sludge means sewage that has been aerated and agitated in order to promote the growth of beneficial microorganisms that break down organic matter.
What is activated sludge in Tamil?
Activated sludge in Tamil is கிளாத்திய கசடு. See Activated sludge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is activated sludge?
Activated sludge is a noun.
What is the plural of activated sludge?
The plural of activated sludge is activated sludges.

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  6. activated sludge
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  10. activates
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Adapted from Wiktionary: activated sludge (page history and authors); activated sludge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); activated sludge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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