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Definitions for turbid
ˈtɜr bɪdtur·bid
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Princeton's WordNet
cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbidadjective
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
"a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
Wiktionary
turbidadjective
Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
turbid water; turbid wine
Etymology: From Latin , from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
TURBIDadjective
Thick; muddy; not clear.
Etymology: turbidus, Latin.
Though lees make the liquid turbid, yet they refine the spirits. Francis Bacon.
The brazen instruments of death discharge
Horrible flames, and turbid streaming clouds
Of smoke sulphureous, intermix’d with these
Large globous irons fly. Philips.The ordinary springs, which were before clear, fresh, and limpid, become thick and turbid, as long as the earthquake lasts. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.
Wikipedia
turbid
Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air. The measurement of turbidity is a key test of both water clarity and water quality. Fluids can contain suspended solid matter consisting of particles of many different sizes. While some suspended material will be large enough and heavy enough to settle rapidly to the bottom of the container if a liquid sample is left to stand (the settable solids), very small particles will settle only very slowly or not at all if the sample is regularly agitated or the particles are colloidal. These small solid particles cause the liquid to appear turbid. Turbidity (or haze) is also applied to transparent solids such as glass or plastic. In plastic production, haze is defined as the percentage of light that is deflected more than 2.5° from the incoming light direction.
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turbid
Turbid generally refers to a liquid or substance that is cloudy, murky or opaque due to suspended particles or sediment within it. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something that is confused, muddled, or unclear.
Webster Dictionary
Turbidadjective
having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine
Turbidadjective
disturbed; confused; disordered
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Turbid
tur′bid, adj. disordered: having the sediment disturbed: muddy: thick.—adv. Tur′bidly.—ns. Tur′bidness, Turbid′ity. [L. turbidus—turba, tumult.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turbid in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turbid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of turbid in a Sentence
The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
They are archetypal, typical looking sharks like a great reef or bull shark. They sort of look like that but they have tiny little eyes and big broad fins, these are adaption for living in very turbid water. If you have a look where these things live, the visibility is about an inch. It’s completely muddy water.
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