turbidity

American  

[tur-bid-i-tee] / tɜrˈbɪd ɪ ti /

Rarely turbidness

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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Etymology

Origin of turbidity

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

Example Sentences

They aim to investigate how sedimentation and turbidity -- which are influenced by fires and mudslides -- affect California's kelp forests.

From Science Daily

After leaving the mixture overnight, they measured its turbidity, or cloudiness, to see whether the viruses had successfully infected the bacteria.

From Science Daily

Over the past 3,000 years, it contained a repeating pattern of turbidites -- sediment layers deposited by underwater landslides known as turbidity currents.

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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.

From Los Angeles Times

For his research, Grandjean linked decades of satellite measurements of tidal areas around the world with data on the turbidity of the water, which is also measured by satellites.

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