turbidity
noun[U]
formaluk/tɜːˈbɪd.ə.ti/us/tɝːˈbɪd.ə.t̬i/(of aliquid) thequalityorstateof beingcloudybecause a lot ofsmallpiecesofmatterareheldin it:
Thewateristreatedtoclearturbidity, or cloudiness, byremovingsediment.
Thewateriscloudedby turbidity.
chemistryspecialized
thedegreeto which atransparentliquidmoveslightin differentdirections, usually ameasurementof thenumberofsmallpiecesofmatterin theliquid:
混浊度Measuring runoff and turbidity iscostly.测量径流和混浊度很昂贵。
Thestudentstestedtheoxygen,temperature, and turbidity of thewater.学生们测试了水的含氧量、温度和混浊度。
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turbid
- Humanactivitiesincreasepollutionand turbidity in thelakes.
- The turbidity of thelakewateris afactorinsummertourism.
- Theincreasein theamountoferosionand turbidity is going to beincredible.
Opaque
- cloudy
- dense
- frosted
- impenetrably
- mist
- misty
- murk
- murky
- opaque
- thick
- turbid
- ultra-dense
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