turbidity

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turbidity

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

noun turbidities

  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.
  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 acoust

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noun the state of being turbid

Españolturbiedad
Portuguêsturbidez
Françaisturbidité
DeutschTrübheit
Italianotorbidezza, torbidità
Ελληνικάθολότητα tholótita
Românăturbiditate
Русскийму́тность mútnostʹ

noun the measure of transparency of a fluid

日本語混濁度 kondakudo
中文混濁度 /混浊度 hùnzhuódù, 渾濁度 /浑浊度 húnzhuódù
Русскийму́тность mútnostʹ

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@misc{turbidity_2026,
  title = {turbidity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turbidity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}