saline
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- adjective
- /ˈseɪlaɪn/
:
salino
- Both species of statice were able to complete their life cycles under highly saline conditions.
- highly saline
- saline water
- saline lakes
And so Dalal is amazing because it is it's hydrothermal, really hot and super psychic salty, hyper saline.
- And so Dalal is amazing because it is it's hydrothermal, really hot and super psychic salty, hyper saline.
Examples
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Freshwater recharge is minimal, and the groundwater is very saline.
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At the most basic level, the answer is that these lakes are saline and their water levels are naturally and inherently unstable.
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The water might be a little less saline at the surface than it is down deep.
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One is a saline solution.
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They range from slightly to highly saline and from small and relatively shallow to large and deep.
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New technologies to reclaim contaminated or saline water may also be an important part of the equation.
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As the water volume dropped precipitously, the lake became saline, the once thriving fishing industry died, and rainfall in the region declined drastically.
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Another group of extremophiles, the halophiles, grow in highly saline environments like natural salt lakes and solar salt-evaporation ponds.
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The great salt flats of the northern Yucatan Peninsula and the saline estuaries of the Pacific provided salt, which the Maya began to collect more than 2,300 years ago.
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The saline solution is often used for rinsing wounds and is essential in many medical treatments.
Synonyms
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1.0
Tasting of salt, like sea water or chips
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6.4
Tastes slightly salty like sea water
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7.2
Slightly salty water that forms when sea water mixes with fresh water
Tastes slightly salty but not strong
Having a light taste of salt
Containing salt in rocks or soil, often in large amounts
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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Salt water that doctors use to clean wounds or put into a vein to give fluid
How Salty
Surface Forms
Morphology
saline = salt (semi-transparent) = sal + ine
The adjective is related to 'salt' in meaning but uses the Latin combining form 'sal-' and the adjectival suffix '-ine', which can obscure the relation for some learners.
Etymology
The adjective saline also comes from the Latin root sal, meaning 'salt', so saline simply means 'containing salt' or 'salty', which is why we call salty water or soil 'saline'.