salinity

səˈlɪnɪti

salinities

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Definition of salinity - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

water qualityquality of being salty or containing salt

The salinity of the ocean affects marine life.

brininess

saltiness

chemistry

TECH.

concentration of salt in a solution

TECH.

Scientists measure the salinity of seawater regularly.

brininess

saltiness

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Origin of salinity

Latin, sal (salt) + -ity (state)

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brackish water

salinity

water with saltiness between fresh and seawater

thermohaline circulation

oceanography

movement of ocean water caused by density differences from temperature and salinity

microstructure

meteorology

fine-scale structure in temperature, salinity, or velocity

Baltic Sea

ecology

shallow sea with low salinity and small tides

brininess

salinity

amount of salt in a solution

halophile

biology

organism thriving in high-salinity environments

Dead Sea

salinity

lake with extremely high salinity

Examples of salinity in a sentence

Salinity in the river increased after the drought.
The salinity in the lake has increased.
High salinity can affect marine life.

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French:salinité, teneur en sel, ...
German:Salzgehalt, ...
Italian:salinità, ...
Spanish:salinidad, concentración de sal, ...
Portuguese:salinidade, ...
Chinese:盐度, 盐分浓度, ...
Japanese:塩分濃度, ...
Arabic:مُلُوحَة, مِلْحِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:מְלִיחוּת, ...
Russian:солёность, соленость, ...
Ukrainian:солоність, концентрація солі, ...
Hindi:लवणता, नमक सांद्रता, ...
Bengali:লবণাক্ততা, লবণের ঘনত্ব, ...
Catalan:salinitat, ...
Czech:slanost, ...
Danish:saltholdighed, salinitet, ...
Dutch:zoutgehalte, ...
Greek:αλμυρότητα, αλμυρότητα διαλύματος, ...
Hungarian:sótartalom, szalinitás, ...
Khmer:កម្រិតជាតិប្រៃ, ...
Korean:염도, 소금 농도, ...
Persian:شوری, ...
Polish:zasolenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):salinidade, ...
Romanian:salinitate, concentrație de sare, ...
Swedish:salthalt, ...
Thai:ความเค็ม, ความเข้มข้นของเกลือ, ...
Turkish:tuzluluk, tuz oranı, ...
Vietnamese:độ mặn, ...

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