chlorinity
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ɪ noun
the quality, state, or degree of being chlorinous.
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| chlorinity (klôr-ĭn'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
A measure of the amount of chlorine and other halides in water, especially seawater. Chlorinity is measured in terms of the mass of silver required to precipitate completely the halogens in a 0.3285 kg (0.7227 lb) sample of seawater. It used to be measured in terms of the total mass, in grams, of chlorine and other halides in 1 g of seawater. |
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Chlorinity
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