DESALINISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desalinisation mean? 

• DESALINISATION (noun)
  The noun DESALINISATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DESALINISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESALINISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The removal of salt (especially from sea water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

desalination; desalinisation; desalinization

Hypernyms ("desalinisation" 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:

desalinise (remove salt from)