salinity
salinity · salinities
солёность
The quality of being salineThe quality of being saline.
/səˈlɪnɪti/
» Predators like baboon and hyena are deterred by the lake's high salinity.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being saline.
солёностьsoljónostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The concentration of salt in a solution.
солёностьsoljónostʹ
the relative proportion of salt in a solution
Examples
2 sentencesPredators like baboon and hyena are deterred by the lake's high salinity.
The global ocean conveyor belt is a constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.
Translations
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By meaning 1
quality of being saline:
Forms
plural: salinities| Singular | salinity |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsRelatedsaline
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable