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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of turbidity¹

First recorded in 1620–30; from Medieval Latin turbiditās, from Latin turbid(us) + -itās -ity ( def ); turbid ( def )

Example Sentences

We’re looking at things like water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, total algae and we’re trying to see how the floating array impacts those important parameters.

From Popular-Science

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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.

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

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

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