desaltv.
/diːˈsɒlt//diːˈsɔːlt/ transitive. To remove salt or salts from.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > desalination or softening of water > desalinate or soften water [verb (transitive)]
soften1727
dezymotize1884
desalt1909
desalinize1928
desalinate1949
1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1956 Nature 14 Jan. 77/1 Active work continues on the desalting of water.
1956 Nature 14 Jan. 83/1 The solution to be desalted..is separated from the anode.
1956 Nature 4 Feb. 237/2 The plasma was deproteinized, and the resultant liquid and the two specimens of urine desalted.
1968 Times 22 Nov. 14/8 Desalting water by a flash distillation process.
Derivatives
deˈsalter n. a desalting apparatus.
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1956 Nature 14 Jan. 83/1 A simplified form of desalter, employing ion-exchange membranes.
deˈsalting n. and adj.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > desalination or softening of water > [noun]
desalinization1860
water-softening1862
demineralization1903
desalting1945
desalination1958
1945 Times 29 June The Permutit sea water de-salting apparatus for producing drinking water from sea water without the use of heat.
1965 Listener 2 Sept. 342/1 Tenders to build a combined nuclear-power station and de-salting plant on the shores of the Mediterranean.
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