turbidness (noun)

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• turbidness — noun see turbid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• turbidness — noun The state or condition of being turbid. Syn: turbidity …   Wiktionary

• turbidness — noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended • Syn: ↑turbidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑turbid, ↑turbid (for: ↑turbidity) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• turbid — adjective Etymology: Latin turbidus confused, turbid, from turba confusion, crowd, probably from Greek tyrbē confusion Date: 1626 1. a. thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment < a turbid stream > b. heavy with smoke or mist 2. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• turbid — [ tə:bɪd] adjective 1》 (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter. 2》 confused or obscure. Derivatives turbidity noun turbidly adverb turbidness noun Origin ME: from L. turbidus, from turba a crowd, a disturbance …   English new terms dictionary

• turbid — /ˈtɜbəd / (say terbuhd) adjective 1. (of liquids) opaque or muddy with particles of extraneous matter. 2. not clear or transparent; thick, as smoke or clouds; dense. 3. disturbed; confused; muddled. {Latin turbidus disturbed} –turbidity… …  

• turbidity — noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended • Syn: ↑turbidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑turbid (for: ↑turbidness), ↑turbid • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• turbidity — noun The state of being turbid; turbidness …   Wiktionary

• cloudiness — noun 1. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds • Syn: ↑cloud cover, ↑overcast • Derivationally related forms: ↑overcast (for: ↑overcast), ↑cloudy • …   Useful english dictionary

• muddiness — noun 1. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield the water s muddiness made it undrinkable the sloppiness of a rainy November day • Syn: ↑wateriness,… …   Useful english dictionary

• murkiness — noun 1. the quality of being cloudy • Syn: ↑cloudiness, ↑muddiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑muddy (for: ↑muddiness), ↑murky, ↑cloudy ( …   Useful english dictionary