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salinity

noun
/səˈlɪnɪti/UK/səˈlɪnɪti/CA

Etymology

From saline + -ity.

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

Definitions

  1. The quality of being saline.

  2. The concentration of salt in a solution.

The neighborhood

Derived

hypersalinity, hyposalinity, Messinian salinity crisis, palaeosalinity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for salinity. 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