desalination

Thân thiện

A large desalination plant provides fresh water for a coastal city.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The process of removing salt, especially from seawater: "Desalination" refers specifically to the technical or industrial process of extracting salt and other minerals from saline water, typically to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption or irrigation.

Usage

• Noun:
  • Desalination is an important technology for providing fresh water in arid coastal regions.
  • The high cost of desalination can be a barrier to its widespread adoption.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo desalination": to be processed to have salt removed.
  • Seawater must undergo desalination before it can be used for drinking.
• "desalination of": the process applied to a specific substance.
  • The desalination of brackish groundwater is also a common practice.

Variants and Related Words

• Desalinate (verb): to remove salt from something.
  • The plant can desalinate millions of gallons of seawater per day.
• Desalinization (noun): a synonym for desalination.
  • Desalinization is another term for the same process.
• Desalting (noun): a more general term for salt removal.
  • Desalting operations are crucial for certain industrial processes.

Synonyms

• Desalinization: the process of removing salt.
• Desalting: the act of removing salt.

Related Phrases

• Desalination plant: a facility where desalination occurs.
  • The city built a new desalination plant to address the water shortage.
• Desalination technology: the methods and equipment used for desalination.
  • Advances in desalination technology are making the process more efficient.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the removal of salt (especially from sea water)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• desalinization
• desalinisation