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turbidity

/tur-bid-i-tee/US // tɜrˈbɪd ɪ ti //

浑浊度,浊度,混浊度,浑浊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Examples

  • Some varieties of olive oil from Tunis give the same turbidity when the 70 per cent alcohol is added.

  • Hæmoglobin estimation is difficult owing to turbidity of the blood after dilution with water.

  • 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.

  • In testing it for the first of these add nitrate of silver and dilute with distilled water; there should be no turbidity.

  • The turbidity is due to the separation of an insoluble zinc compound.