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Definitions for seawater
ˈsiˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ərsea·wa·ter
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Princeton's WordNet
seawater, saltwater, brinenoun
water containing salts
"the water in the ocean is all saltwater"
Wiktionary
seawaternoun
The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
Etymology: sea + water
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Seawaternoun
The salt water of the sea.
Etymology: sea and water.
By digging of pits in the seashore, he did frustrate the laborious works of the enemies, which had turned the seawater upon the wells of Alexandria. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.
I took off the dressings, and bathed the member with seawater. Richard Wiseman.
Seawater has many gross, rough, and earthy particles in it, as appears from its saltness; whereas fresh water is more pure and unmixt. , Notes on the Odyssey.
Wikipedia
Seawater
Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, 35 ppt, 600 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one liter by volume) of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl−) ions). The average density at the surface is 1.025 kg/L. Seawater is denser than both fresh water and pure water (density 1.0 kg/L at 4 °C (39 °F)) because the dissolved salts increase the mass by a larger proportion than the volume. The freezing point of seawater decreases as salt concentration increases. At typical salinity, it freezes at about −2 °C (28 °F). The coldest seawater still in the liquid state ever recorded was found in 2010, in a stream under an Antarctic glacier: the measured temperature was −2.6 °C (27.3 °F). Seawater pH is typically limited to a range between 7.5 and 8.4. However, there is no universally accepted reference pH-scale for seawater and the difference between measurements based on different reference scales may be up to 0.14 units.
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seawater
Seawater is a complex mixture of water, dissolved salts, and other substances such as gases, proteins, fats, and organic nutrients, primarily found in the world's oceans and seas. It is typically salty or brackish because of the dissolved salts; the most abundant of these is sodium chloride, or common table salt. Seawater also contains traces of other chemical elements such as magnesium, sulfate, calcium, and potassium. The physical and chemical properties of seawater can vary depending on temperature, depth, proximity to land, and level of biological activity.
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Seawater
Seawater is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5%. This means that every kilogram of seawater has approximately 35 grams of dissolved salts. Average density at the surface is 1.025 g/ml. Seawater is denser than both fresh water and pure water because the dissolved salts add mass without contributing significantly to the volume. The freezing point of seawater decreases as salt concentration increases. At typical salinity it freezes at about −2 °C. The coldest seawater ever recorded was in 2010, in a stream under an Antarctic glacier, and measured −2.6 °C.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Seawater
The salinated water of OCEANS AND SEAS that provides habitat for marine organisms.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seawater in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seawater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of seawater in a Sentence
Even if untouched by human hands, earthquakes and seawater would have buried or submerged it, her palace is certainly under water. Maybe her mausoleum, too.
Seawater is 800 times the density of wind, so the flow speeds are far slower, but they generate far more energy.
It would be remarkable if it could have survived the millennia of culture change and natural ruin, even if untouched by human hands, earthquakes and seawater would have buried or submerged it.
Desalting seawater is very expensive compared to other water supplies, as other water supplies get allocated or used, seawater desal will probably become more desirable.
In that event, huge pumps were used to spray the advancing lava with seawater -- but this effort did not stop the flow, rather it redirected the flow and prevented it from inundating the harbor.
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