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salination

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /sæləˈneɪʃən/
  • /seɪləˈneɪʃən/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A treatment with a salt solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The increase of salt content in soil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The increase of salt content in water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1939, James Stevens Simmons, Malaria in Panama, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, Chapter 7 “Sanitary methods used for the control of malaria in the Canal Zone,” p. 189, In many of the vast sea-level swamps of the Atlantic side, no slope whatever can be obtained, and here dependence is placed on a grid system of intercepting earthen ditches, communicating with seawater at each end whenever practicable, to insure quick run-off of rain water and thorough salination of every part of the swamps.
  • 1989, Michael Renner, “Enhancing Global Security” in Lester R. Brown et al., State of the World 1989: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, New York: Norton, p. 142, Disputes revolve around water diversion or reduced water flow, industrial pollution, the salination or siltation of streams, and floods aggravated by soil erosion.

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History

Etymology

From salinate + -ion.