desalination plant en · NOUN
Meanings
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an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.
It has a solar-powered desalination plant on some of its flatter, more stable land, and that provides its people with a dependable supply of water.
1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 110:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| desalination plants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
sv avsaltningsverk (plant which converts seawater) · es planta desalinizadora (plant which converts seawater) · de Entsalzungsanlage (plant which converts seawater) · es desaladora (plant which converts seawater) · es planta desaladora (plant which converts seawater) · cmn 海水淡化廠 /海水淡化厂 (plant which converts seawater) · nb avsaltingsanlegg (plant which converts seawater) · pl odsalarnia (plant which converts seawater) · fr usine de désalinisation (plant which converts seawater) · es desalinizadora (plant which converts seawater) · da afsaltningsanlæg (plant which converts seawater) · uk завод для опріснення води (plant which converts seawater) · de Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage (plant which converts seawater) · nrf dêsalinn'nie (plant which converts seawater)