Settling

Settling
Settling Set"tling, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. [1913 Webster]

2. pl. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

{Settling day}, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market. [1913 Webster]


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  • Settling — is the process by which particulates settle to the bottom of a liquid and form a sediment. Settling velocity or fall velocity or terminal velocity (ws) of a (sediment) particle is the at which the sediment settles in still fluid. It is diagnostic …   Wikipedia

  • settling — settling; un·settling; …   English syllables

  • Settling — Settling. См. отстаивание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • settling — index conclusion (determination) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • settling — /set ling, l ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that settles. 2. Usually, settlings. sediment. [1400 50; late ME; see SETTLE1, ING1] * * * In building construction, the gradual subsiding of a structure as the soil beneath its foundation… …   Universalium

  • settling — nusėdimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. sedimentation; settling; settling down vok. Absetzen, n; Sedimentation, f rus. оседание, n pranc. sédimentation, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • Settling — Settle Set tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Settled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Settling}.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See {Settle}, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • settling — sluoksniavimasis statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Išsiskirstymas sluoksniais. atitikmenys: angl. delamination; exfoliation; foliation; lamination; settling; splitting; stratification rus. расслаивание; расслоение …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • settling — nusistojimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Nuosėdų savaiminis atsiskyrimas iš nejudinamos suspensijos. atitikmenys: angl. settling rus. отстаивание …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Settling time — is the time required for an output to reach and remain within a given error band following some input stimulus. The settling time of an amplifier or other output device is the time elapsed from the application of an ideal instantaneous step input …   Wikipedia

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