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DESALINATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desalination mean?
• DESALINATION (noun)
The noun DESALINATION has 1 sense:
1. the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
Familiarity information: DESALINATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The removal of salt (especially from sea water)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
desalination; desalinisation; desalinization
Hypernyms ("desalination" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Derivation:
desalinate (remove salt from)
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