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salination

noun
/sæləˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

From salinate + -ion.

  1. derived from sal
  2. derived from salin
  3. derived from salīna
  4. inherited from salyne
  5. formed as salinate — “saline + -ate”
  6. suffixed as salination — “salinate + ion”

Definitions

  1. A treatment with a salt solution.

  2. The increase of salt content in soil.

    • Such extension of control diminishes disturbances of the peace, stabilises and thus promotes agricultural industry, and puts a check on the exhaustion and salination of the soil.

  3. The increase of salt content in water.

    • It is evident […] that we ought to find every degree of salination of salt lakes.

The neighborhood

Derived

desalination

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for salination. 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