turbidity

English

Etymology

turbid +‎ -ity

Noun

turbidity (countable and uncountable, plural turbidities)

1. The state of being turbid; turbidness.
2. The measure of transparency of a fluid (units of measurement include Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)).

Derived terms

• immunoturbidity
• turbidity coefficient
• turbidity current
• turbidity factor

Translations

the state of being turbid

• Czech: zákal (cs) m
• French: turbidité (fr) f
• Georgian: ამღვრეულობა (amɣvreuloba)
• German: Trübheit f
• Greek: θολότητα (el) f (tholótita)
• Irish: moirtiúlacht f
• Italian: torbidezza f, torbidità (it) f
• Portuguese: turbidez f
• Romanian: turbiditate (ro) f
• Russian: му́тность (ru) f (mútnostʹ)
• Slovak: kalnosť f, mútnosť f, zákal m
• Spanish: turbiedad f
• Telugu: కలక (te) (kalaka)
• Thai: ความขุ่น (th) (kwaam-kùn)
• Turkish: bulanıklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: мутність f (mutnistʹ), каламутність (kalamutnistʹ)

the measure of transparency of a fluid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混濁度／混浊度 (zh) (hùnzhuódù), 渾濁度／浑浊度 (zh) (húnzhuódù)

• Finnish: sameus (fi)
• Japanese: 混濁度 (こんだくど, kondakudo)
• Kapampangan: kalabugan, kelabugan
• Kazakh: бұлдырлық (būldyrlyq), лайлылық (lailylyq)
• Russian: му́тность (ru) f (mútnostʹ)