Illustration: At a Japanese primary-school science bench, a child peers closely at a tall glass jar containing water mixed with garden soil. A distinct layer of sediment has collected across the bottom; above it, scattered fine particles are still descending, while the upper water is noticeably clearer.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

沈ちん殿でん

chinden

settling of sediment

Used when particles settle out of a liquid. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. これを加熱かねつすると、タンパク質しつは熱変性ねつへんせいして不溶化ふようかし、沈殿ちんでんする。

    Heating this causes proteins to be heat-denatured and to be insoluble, resulting in a precipitate.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. なお、濾こした物ものを暫しばらく沈殿ちんでんさせ、上澄うわずみ、中澄なかずみと分わけてくみ取とる場合ばあいがあり、上澄うわずみで透明感とうめいかんがあるほど良よいともいわれている。

    Sometimes the filtered liquid is left to settle for a while, then the clear upper and middle layers are drawn off separately; the clearer the upper layer, the better it is said to be.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 沈殿ちんでんしにくいので焦こげ付つきにくい。

    Because it does not settle easily, it is less likely to stick and burn.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 沈殿

  • 沈sink; be submergedOnチン・ジンKunしずむ・しずめる
  • 殿Mr.; hallOnデン・テンKunとの

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