chlorinityn.
/klɔːˈrɪnɪti/ Oceanography.
The proportion by mass of dissolved chloride ions in water.
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chlorinity1930
1930 Rep. Internat. Fisheries Comm. iii. 5 The chlorinity is defined as the number of grams of chlorine contained in one kilogram of sea water, assuming the small quantities of bromine and iodine are replaced by chlorine.
1942 H. U. Sverdrup Oceanogr. for Meteorologists ii. 9 The chlorinity that appears in this equation is also a defined quantity and does not represent the actual amount of chlorine in a sample of sea water.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 484 The basin contains dilute sea water of chlorinity 15.2 to 15.7 per cent.
1973 Nature 23 Feb. 503/2 The chlorinity of 16 per cent is quite similar to that of Atlantis II Deep.
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