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turbidity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin turbiditās. By surface analysis, turbid + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being turbid; turbidness.
   • The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont. 2015 August 13, Christiane Schmidt et al., “Recent Invasion of the Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern Mediterranean Facilitated by the Ongoing Warming Trend”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
2. (countable, uncountable) The measure of transparency of a fluid (units of measurement include Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)).
   • Over a 5 days period beginning on November 21, 2011 and ending on November 26, 2011 we deployed an array of hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic sensors on a tripod frame, including two turbidity sensors, two pore water pressure sensors, one sea gauge wave tide recorder, one kinemometer, and one acoustic erosion measuring instrument (Fig. 21.2). 2014, Giorgio Lollino, Andrea Manconi, Jacques Locat, Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 4, →ISBN, page 110:

Forms

Deriveds

turbidity current · immunoturbidity

Relateds

turbulence

Translations (31)

kk бұлдырлық (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · it torbidità (the state of being turbid) · es turbiedad (the state of being turbid) · el θολότητα (the state of being turbid) · sk mútnosť (the state of being turbid) · cs zákal (the state of being turbid) · id kekeruhan (the state of being turbid) · th ความขุ่น (the state of being turbid) · pt turbidez (the state of being turbid) · ro turbiditate (the state of being turbid) · sk kalnosť (the state of being turbid) · id turbiditas (the state of being turbid) · it torbidezza (the state of being turbid) · ru му́тность (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · pam kalabugan (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · cmn 渾濁度 /浑浊度 (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · ru му́тность (the state of being turbid) · ga moirtiúlacht (the state of being turbid) · ka ამღვრეულობა (the state of being turbid) · de Trübheit (the state of being turbid) · uk каламутність (the state of being turbid) · cmn 混濁度 /混浊度 (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · tr bulanıklık (the state of being turbid) · ja 混濁度 (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · uk мутність (the state of being turbid) · fr turbidité (the state of being turbid) · sk zákal (the state of being turbid) · te కలక (the state of being turbid) · pam kelabugan (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · fi sameus (the measure of transparency of a fluid) · kk лайлылық (the measure of transparency of a fluid)