When sediment becomes consolidated, by compaction under the weight of overlying sediment, or by cementing up of the spaces in the sediment by chemical precipitation ( cementation ), the sediment becomes a sedimentary rock.
(sediment; becomes; consolidated) (the sediment; becomes; a sedimentary rock; T:When sediment becomes consolidated)
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a sedimentary rock T:When sediment becomes consolidated