Desalination of water is worthwhile where fresh water is expensive.
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Desalination
Synonyms for "desalination" (3 found)
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31 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِعْذَاب noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- تَقْطِير noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- duzsuzlaşdırma noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- duzsuzlaşdırılma noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Catalan
1 entries- dessalatge noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 海水淡化 noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- 脫鹽 /脱盐 noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Danish
1 entries- afsaltning noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Dutch
1 entries- ontzilting noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Finnish
1 entries- suolanpoisto noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
French
2 entries- dessalage noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- dessalement noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
German
2 entries- Entsalzung noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- Meerwasserentsalzung noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Greek
1 entries- αφαλάτωση noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Hebrew
1 entries- התפלה noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Indonesian
1 entries- desalinasi noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Italian
1 entries- dissalazione noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Japanese
1 entries- 脱塩 noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Macedonian
2 entries- десалинизација noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- отсолување noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Malay
1 entries- penyahgaraman noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Norman
1 entries- dêsalinnâtion noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avsalting noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Polish
1 entries- odsalanie noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Romanian
2 entries- desalinizare noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- desărare noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Russian
2 entries- десалиниза́ция noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
- опресне́ние noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Swedish
1 entries- avsaltning noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
Ukrainian
1 entries- опрі́снення noun (process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water)
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It was the world's first solar-powered desalination plant.
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Algiers has a desalination plant.
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Central Valley produces half of all fruits and vegetables in the U.S., but requires massive irrigation, some of which requires desalination.
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