turbidity

[ tur-bid-i-tee ]

/ tɜrˈbɪd ɪ ti /

noun

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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Sometimes tur·bid·ness [tur-bid-nis] /ˈtɜr bɪd nɪs/ .

Words nearby turbidity

turbellarian, turbid, turbidimeter, turbidimetry, turbidite, turbidity, turbidity current, turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, turbine

Example sentences from the Web for turbidity

Hæmoglobin estimation is difficult owing to turbidity of the blood after dilution with water.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
The turbidity is to be exactly imitated by means of the standard solution of carbonate of soda.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
He (1948:27) stated that color in tadpoles from different localities probably varies with soil color and turbidity of water.
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca|William E. Duellman
Oxalate of potash should give no turbidity to an ammoniacal solution of this acid.
The Art of Perfumery|G. W. Septimus Piesse

These variations follow closely the variations in the turbidity and in the bacterial content of the water applied to the filters.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911|E. D. Hardy

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