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salinity

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salinity [sə′lin·əd·ē]
(oceanography)
The total quantity of dissolved salts in sea water, measured by weight in parts per thousand.
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The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe was launched from northern Russia on Monday to provide faster predictions of floods and other extreme weather incidents caused by global warming.
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