Look up: desalination

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   Desalination
   [Desalinization] (1) Removing salts from ocean or brackish water by using various technologies. (2) Removal of salts from soil by artificial means, usually leaching.
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   desalination
   [n] - the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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   Desalination
   [pronounce: dee-sall-in-ay-shun] Removing salt from sea water.
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   Desalination
   Removal of dissolved salts from seawater. See also: Sea Water.
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   desalination
   Removal of dissolved salts from seawater.
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   Desalination
   the technique of removing salt from water or soil; Making sea water suitable for drinking Category: Management in the public and private sector • artificial removal of sodium salt from the soil by irrigation and drainage in the presence of calcium salts Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   desalination
   desalinization noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
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   Desalination
   `Desalination`, `desalinization`, or `desalinisation` refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. Desalination may also refer to the removal of salts and minerals more generally, as in soil desalination, but the focus of this article is on water desalination. Water is desalinated in order to be converted to fresh water suitable for animal consumption or irrigation, or, if almost all of the salt is re...
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   desalination
   the removal of dissolved salts from seawater and in some cases from the brackish waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters (e.g., ... [11 related articles]
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    desalination
    The conversion of salt or brackish water into usable fresh water. Distillation is the most common commercial method; heat from the Sun or conventional fuels vaporizes brine, the vapor condensing into fresh water on cooling. Reverse osmosis and electrodialysis both remove salt from water by the use o...
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