noun
definition
The saltwater of a sea or ocean.
adjective
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Consisting of seawater.
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Associated in some way with seawater, or intended for dealing with seawater.
example
Aboard the ship we needed seawater soap for washing our clothes
Examples of seawater in a Sentence
Further Physical Properties of Sea-water.---The laws of physical chemistry relating to complex dilute solutions apply to seawater, and hence there is a definite relation between the osmotic pressure, freezing-point, vapour tension and boiling-point by which when one of these constants is given the others can be calculated.
Considerable alarm was created about the year 1887 by the failure of two or three large structures of Portland cement concrete exposed to seawater, both in England and other countries.
SeaWorld San Diego opened its doors in 1964 with a few dolphins and sea lions and two seawater aquariums.
In his researches on the bleaching compounds of chlorine he was the first to advance the view that bleaching-powder is a double compound of calcium chloride and hypochlorite; and he devoted much time to the problem of economically obtaining soda and potash from seawater, though here his efforts were nullified by the discovery of the much richer sources of supply afforded by the Stassfurt deposits.
There is a strong demand for efficient seawater desalination plants, which can meet the tougher environment regulation and energy saving requirements.
This is the cylinder into which our friends the seawater droplets had been pumped.
In 1994 Tropical Marine Center established the first commercial hatchery of its kind in Europe, based entirely on a synthetic seawater re-circulation system.
Sand and seawater has penetrated the tunnel, trapping radioactive particles within the tunnel.
Dinners will be served on the terrace surrounding the seawater pool or at one of the gourmet restaurants.
Cores will be placed in a microcosm mesocosm tank containing filtered seawater, which is recycled, stirred and aerated to maintain ambient conditions.
We use local seawater pumped up through a pipeline on the harbor wall.
There was an aquarium here in Victorian times - they used to bring the seawater for the tanks up from Brighton on the train!
Southern Water is bringing cleaner seawater to West Sussex with a £ 3.1 million environmental improvement scheme.
Is fresh seawater being allowed through the pipeline into the lagoon to maintain a high level?
A salinity of 50% of natural seawater, about 1.7% is recommended.
The lagoon now appears to be full strength seawater at a salinity of 35 (ppt ).
The seawater pump is keeping the seawater flow at an absolute rock solid flow rate.
I would have liked to have seen a graph or a table for dissolved oxygen concentrations in surface seawater included.
An important chemical precipitate that formed on mixing of the spring water and the seawater was iron sulfide.
Children will love the outdoor, seawater swimming pool built onto the rocky foreshore.
But investigations carried out in connexion with the "Challenger" expedition indicated that it was an artificial product, composed of a flocculent precipitate of gypsum thrown down from seawater by alcohol, and the hypothesis of its organic character was abandoned by most biologists, Huxley included.
Plastic pellets floating in seawater can also choke and poison sea life.
The Thames Gateway Water Treatment Plant would treat river water that is less than one third as salty as seawater.
This can be arduous as it involves carrying plastic jerry cans full of seawater up from the seashore at high tide.
There was an aquarium here in Victorian times - they used to bring the seawater for the tanks up from Brighton on the train !
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide.
Artificial seawater is fortified with trace elements beneficial to marine organisms.
The lagoon now appears to be full strength seawater at a salinity of 35 (ppt).
Real seawater can be used to fill the aquarium.
The yearly maximum abundance levels proved to be highly correlated with winter seawater temperature.
The cell pellet is then washed with Neff 's, 75% seawater, or other solution depending on the ameba.
Water Makers- A device that converts seawater into drinkable fresh water.
Some damage, such as sand and seawater, is potentially repairable, while paint splashes, rips and grease stains are not.
In the polar areas the melting of sea-ice and of ice formed by precipitation lowers the density of the seawater and causes a difference of level which sets up streaming movements towards the equator.
Gordon drives Thunderbird 4 down into the depths and quickly locates the seawater intake.