Salinity

//səˈlɪnɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being saline. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the relative proportion of salt in a solution wordnet
  3. 3
    The concentration of salt in a solution. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
saltinessbrininessbrininesssalinenesssalinenesssalt

Example

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"In 1865, the Danish geologist and mineralogist Johan Georg Forchhammer, with the help of naval and civilian collaborators, collected numerous samples of seawater from the Northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. He wanted to determine why the salinity of seawater varies in different areas of the ocean."

Etymology

From saline + -ity.

Related phrases

Messinian salinity crisis

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