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palaeosalinity

noun

Etymology

From palaeo- + salinity.

  1. derived from sal
  2. derived from salin
  3. derived from salīna
  4. inherited from salyne
  5. formed as salinity — “saline + -ity”
  6. prefixed as palaeosalinity — “palaeo + salinity”

Definitions

  1. The salinity of the seas in the geologic past

  2. The study of these salinities

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for palaeosalinity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA