What does salinity mean?

Definitions for salinity
səˈlɪn ɪ tisalin·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. salt, saltiness, salinitynoun

    the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

  2. brininess, salinitynoun

    the relative proportion of salt in a solution

Wiktionary

  1. salinitynoun

    The quality of being saline.

  2. salinitynoun

    The concentration of salt in a solution.

Wikipedia

  1. Salinity

    Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensionless and equal to ‰). Salinity is an important factor in determining many aspects of the chemistry of natural waters and of biological processes within it, and is a thermodynamic state variable that, along with temperature and pressure, governs physical characteristics like the density and heat capacity of the water. A contour line of constant salinity is called an isohaline, or sometimes isohale.

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  1. salinity

    Salinity refers to the concentration or amount of salts dissolved in a body of water, often measured in terms of parts per thousand. It is a key factor in determining the types of organisms that live in a particular body of water, and affects numerous physical and chemical aspects of water such as its density and acidity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Salinitynoun

    salineness

Wikidata

  1. Salinity

    Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water or in soil.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Salinity

    Degree of saltiness, which is largely the OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION of SODIUM CHLORIDE plus any other SALTS present. It is an ecological factor of considerable importance, influencing the types of organisms that live in an ENVIRONMENT.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salinity in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salinity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of salinity in a Sentence

  1. The Florida Fish:

    Because K. brevis cannot tolerate low-salinity waters for very long, blooms usually remain in salty coastal waters and do not penetrate upper reaches of estuaries, however, other harmful algae, including cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), typically bloom in freshwater lakes and rivers.

  2. Ashok Sharma:

    At this moment we suspect that there was some level of toxicity and high level of salinity in the drinking water -- we will have more details once the report comes from Bhopal.

  3. Munsheer Sulaiman:

    Depending on the salinity level we decide whether to open the gates of the small dam that distributes water to the village.

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