desalinisation

Thân thiện

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

Definition

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

Usage

• The term is used primarily in technical, scientific, environmental, and engineering contexts to describe large-scale water treatment processes.
• It is a formal synonym for "desalination."

Examples

• Noun:
  • The country invested heavily in desalinisation to address its chronic water shortages.
  • Advances in membrane technology have made desalinisation more energy-efficient.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo desalinisation": to be processed to have salt removed.
  • The brackish water from the well will undergo desalinisation before being piped to the town.

Variants and Related Words

• Desalination (n): The more common term for the same process.
  • Seawater desalination is a critical technology for arid coastal regions.
• Desalt (v): A less common verb meaning to remove salt from something.
  • The goal is to desalt enough seawater to supply the city.

Synonyms

• Desalting: The act or process of removing salt.
• Freshwater production: A descriptive term for the outcome of desalinisation.

Related Phrases

• Desalinisation plant (compound noun): A facility where the process of desalinisation is carried out.
  • The new desalinisation plant can produce millions of gallons of fresh water daily.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• desalination
• desalinization