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turbidity
[ tur-bid-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being clouded or opaque, usually because of suspended matter or stirred-up sediment:
Other potential risks to water resources include increased turbidity from the erosion of cleared and excavated land.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of turbidity1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin turbiditās, from Latin turbid(us) + -itās -ity ( def ); turbid ( def )
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Example Sentences
Some varieties of olive oil from Tunis give the same turbidity when the 70 per cent alcohol is added.
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Hæmoglobin estimation is difficult owing to turbidity of the blood after dilution with water.
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To remove this kind of turbidity it is customary to use oak or beech shavings that have been washed in hot water and then dried.
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In testing it for the first of these add nitrate of silver and dilute with distilled water; there should be no turbidity.
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The turbidity is due to the separation of an insoluble zinc compound.
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