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Salinity   /səlˈɪnəti/   Listen
Salinity

noun
1.
The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth.  Synonyms: salt, saltiness.
2.
The relative proportion of salt in a solution.  Synonym: brininess.






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"Salinity" Quotes from Famous Books



... water, an accumulation made up of inflows from the river above the Fall Line, local storm runoff and tributary flows, and treated sewage returned to the tidal river. The volume of this water that would be available for use without salinity has been variously estimated. At low tide, there would be 9 billion gallons of fresh water in the upper estuary from Chain Bridge to the mouth of the Anacostia River; In the 10 mile stretch from Chain Bridge to the District of Columbia's ...
— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior



Words linked to "Salinity" :   taste sensation, saltiness, brininess, gustatory perception, taste, gustatory sensation, saline, taste perception



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