salinityn.

/səˈlɪnɪti/

Etymology: < saline adj. and n. + -ity suffix. Compare French salinité.

The quality of being saline; saltness.

ΚΠ

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 181 The Salinity of the Ocean.

1869 Sci. Opinion 14 Apr. 445/2 We want information..as to the degree of salinity..of the water at different levels.

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 332 Deeper down [in the Dead Sea] the salinity amounts to saturation.

Compounds

salinity crisis n. Geology and Geography a period of increased evaporation and salinity in the Mediterranean at the end of the Miocene epoch which resulted in the local disappearance of marine life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > other ages or periods

terrace-epoch1863

youth1896

secule1903

pluvial1929

interpluvial1931

intrapluvial1939

salinity crisis1967

1967 C. Ruggieri in Adams & Ager Aspects Tethyan Biogeogr. 286 The Gibraltar straits (probably the true asylum for the Indo-Pacific relicts during the salinity crisis of the Upper Miocene).

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 231/1 This evaporative phase..is known as the ‘salinity crisis’ because of the extreme effect which it had upon the marine fauna and flora present in the late Miocene Mediterranean.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	salinity
释义	salinityn. /səˈlɪnɪti/ Etymology: < saline adj. and n. + -ity suffix. Compare French salinité. The quality of being saline; saltness. ΚΠ 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 181 The Salinity of the Ocean. 1869 Sci. Opinion 14 Apr. 445/2 We want information..as to the degree of salinity..of the water at different levels. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 332 Deeper down [in the Dead Sea] the salinity amounts to saturation. Compounds salinity crisis n. Geology and Geography a period of increased evaporation and salinity in the Mediterranean at the end of the Miocene epoch which resulted in the local disappearance of marine life. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > other ages or periods terrace-epoch1863 youth1896 secule1903 pluvial1929 interpluvial1931 intrapluvial1939 salinity crisis1967 1967 C. Ruggieri in Adams & Ager Aspects Tethyan Biogeogr. 286 The Gibraltar straits (probably the true asylum for the Indo-Pacific relicts during the salinity crisis of the Upper Miocene). 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 231/1 This evaporative phase..is known as the ‘salinity crisis’ because of the extreme effect which it had upon the marine fauna and flora present in the late Miocene Mediterranean. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1694
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