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turbidity

[ tur-bid-i-tee ]

noun

  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.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of turbidity1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin ³Ù³Ü°ù²ú¾±»å¾±³ÙÄå²õ, from Latin turbid(us) + -¾±³ÙÄå²õ -ity ( def ); turbid ( def )
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These ships also risk causing turbidity, making the water opaque by stirring up the seafloor, and thereby harming the balance of species and food pyramid.

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Worldwide, the turbidity of many coastal waters has been declining for decades, making the tidal flats sensitive to loss.

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In October, they placed 20 sensors off West Maui that measure temperature, salinity, oxygen, turbidity and chlorophyll every five minutes.

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Such action could expose cables to more abrasion or suspensions above the seabed, as well as trigger submarine landslides and greater turbidity.

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In 2021, about 500,000 salmon died at the Florida facility after a clogged drain increased turbidity that may have generated deadly gases.

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