MEANING
The cloudiness of a fluid, especially water, caused by suspended particles.
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Words that belong together
- high turbidity
- water turbidity
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Rain increased the river’s turbidity.
The diver could see little through the water’s turbidity.
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- turbidity
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural turbidities for measured conditions or kinds. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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