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adjective
1.
of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
2.
3.
of or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester.
noun
4.
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
5.
salty water; a salty solution.
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Salinity
is always a great word to know.
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Origin:
1400–50; Middle English: composed of salt < Latin salīnus salty, equivalent to sal sal + -īnus -ine1
1400–50; Middle English: composed of salt < Latin salīnus salty, equivalent to sal sal + -īnus -ine1
Related forms
hy·per·sa·line, adjective
hy·per·sa·lin·i·ty, noun
non·sa·line, adjective
non·sa·lin·i·ty, noun
EXPANDsem·i·sa·line, adjective
sub·sa·line, adjective
sub·sa·lin·i·ty, noun
un·sa·line, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Example Sentences
- When it goes out, the salinity is lowered and on a hot day the heat rises.
- It had lost half its water, and its salinity levels had doubled.
- The barrages have raised the water levels causing dryland salinity problems.
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