chlorinity
- noun
- /klɔːˈrɪnɪti/
- Specialized
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clorinidad
- Scientists monitor the chlorinity of seawater to study changes in ocean chemistry.
Examples
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The laboratory tested the chlorinity levels of various water samples collected from the bay.
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The chlorinity of the ocean varies with depth.
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An increase in chlorinity can affect the types of organisms that live in marine environments.
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How do we measure chlorinity in seawater?
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Scientists monitor the chlorinity of seawater to study changes in ocean chemistry.
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An increase in chlorinity can affect the types of organisms that live in marine environments.
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The laboratory tested the chlorinity levels of various water samples collected from the bay.
Synonyms
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5.3
How much salt is in water or soil
How Salty
Surface Forms
Morphology
chlorinity = chlorine (semi-transparent) = chlorin + ity
Formed from the noun 'chlorine' with the suffix '-ity', but the sense is a specialized technical measure (chloride concentration) rather than a general 'quality of chlorine', so the relation is only partly guessable for general learners.
Etymology
Chlorinity comes from chlorine, and that name comes from the Greek chloros, meaning 'green', because early scientists saw a greenish gas. Today chlorinity means the level or 'amount' of chlorine, the salty chemical we know from pools and the sea, in water, so the name reminds us it measures how much chlorine is there.