sequestration
The process or act of sequesteringThe process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
» After getting his doctorate, Tom joined an oil company’s research team investigating carbon sequestration.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
the sequestration of juries
секве́стрsekvéstr
the act of segregating or sequestering
(US, countable, metonymically, uncountable)A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms.
The company took a revenue hit when sequestration dried up some of its best contracts.
Examples
3 sentencesAfter getting his doctorate, Tom joined an oil company’s research team investigating carbon sequestration.
The world’s oceans help ease climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide in a process called carbon sequestration.
deDie Ozeane der Welt tragen zu einer Abschwächung des Klimawandels bei, indem sie Kohlendioxid aufnehmen, und zwar durch einen Prozess, der Kohlenstoffbindung genannt wird. — mhr
Under this type of geo-sequestration, carbon dioxide from power plants is compressed into liquid and pumped underground.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“seqFrom Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: sequestrations| Singular | sequestration |
|---|---|
| Plural | sequestrations |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized:requisition
- the act of segregating or sequestering:segregation
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable