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depositionary

depositionary adjective: of, related to, or containing sediment or rock deposits.

Adjective

depositionary (not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or containing sediment or rock deposits.
    • In the early depositionary period of the Kaili Formation, the water in the Taijiang area was comparatively shallow, and there were few life-forms.2006, Journal of stratigraphy, Volume 30

Questions about depositionary

What does depositionary mean?
Depositionary means of, related to, or containing sediment or rock deposits.
What part of speech is depositionary?
Depositionary is an adjective.

Words near depositionary in the dictionary

  1. depositing
  2. depositings
  3. deposition
  4. depositional
  5. depositionally
  6. depositionary
  7. depositions
  8. depositive
  9. depositivore
  10. depositivores
  11. depositor

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