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Purification process that could be nationalised
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desalination
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalinization , desalinisation ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
desalination \desalination\ n. same as desalinization . Syn: desalinization, desalinisation.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Desalination is a process that removes minerals from saline water . More generally, desalination refers to the removal of salts and minerals from a target substance, as in soil desalination , which is an issue for agriculture. Saltwater is desalinated to ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1943, from de- + salination . As a verb, desalt is recorded from 1909.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN plant ▪ At the moment he is doing mathematical modelling with the aim of building an experimental model of a solar-powered desalination plant . ▪ It reopened several days later, however, and no further desalination plants ...
Usage examples of desalination.
Streets, vehicles, shops, a power plant, a pipeline to the desalination center - a proper city for the Race.
It was no wonder the colonists were running up so many new towns in the interior of this region, towns watered with pipes from desalination plants by the edge of the nearest sea.
After a deep pause, he went on, "Exalted Fleetlord, there has been an attack on the desalination plants supplying fresh water to the new towns in this region.
Red dots appeared on the map to show the affected desalination plants.
Our cities in that region do not suffer to any great degree despite the damage inflicted on the seaside desalination plants thereabouts.
These people must have been trying to replicate my desalination process and were unaware of the material's instability.
Atomic-powered desalination plants supplied the water, turning the chemicals from the rich sea into fertilizer.
First thing in the morning he must hook into the computer relay and put the Northpoint desalination plant on standby.
As the point of view changed the bins came into view, half filled with wealth extracted from the sea, a by-product of the desalination process.
What we have done is to develop and improve on the ancient agricultural techniques, while introducing suitable technological processes, such as desalination of water, that have important applications in the area.
Atomic-powered desalination plants supplied the water, turning the chemicals from the rich sea into fertilizer.
What we have done is to develop and improve on the ancient agncultural techniques, while introducing suitable technological processes, such as desalination of water, that have important applications in the area.
After a deep pause, he went on, “Exalted Fleetlord, there has been an attack on the desalination plants supplying fresh water to the new towns in this region.