adjective
- not capable of being sedimented; not settling or precipitating out of a solution or suspension
Usage: technical; chiefly used in chemistry, biology, and materials science
Examples
- The nonsedimentable particles remained suspended in the solution even after prolonged centrifugation.
- Colloidal particles are often nonsedimentable under normal laboratory conditions.
- The researcher identified nonsedimentable impurities that required alternative separation methods.
- Certain proteins are nonsedimentable and must be isolated using chromatography instead.
- The nonsedimentable fraction of the mixture was collected for further analysis.