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PRONUNCIATION OF SEA WATER

sea water  [siː ˈwɔːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEA WATER

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Sea water is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEA WATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sea water

Seawater

Seawater or salt water is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, or 599 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one litre by volume) of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl−) ions). Average density at the surface is 1.025 g/ml. Seawater is denser than both fresh water and pure water (density 1.0 g/ml @ 4 °C (39 °F)) because the dissolved salts add mass without contributing significantly to the volume. The freezing point of seawater decreases as salt concentration increases. At typical salinity it freezes at about −2 °C (28 °F). The coldest seawater ever recorded (in a liquid state) was in 2010, in a stream under an Antarctic glacier, and measured −2.6 °C (27.3 °F). Seawater pH is typically limited to a range between 7.5 and 8.4, and the speed of sound in seawater is, on average, roughly 1,500 meters per second.

Definition of sea water in the English dictionary

The definition of sea water in the dictionary is salt water from the sea.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEA WATER


backwater
ˈbækˌwɔːtə
blackwater
ˈblækˌwɔːtə
breakwater
ˈbreɪkˌwɔːtə
Bridgwater
ˈbrɪdʒˌwɔːtə
deepwater
ˈdiːpˈwɔːtə
dewater
diːˈwɔːtə
Drinkwater
ˈdrɪŋkˌwɔːtə
freshwater
ˈfrɛʃˌwɔːtə
headquarter
ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtə
overwater
ˌəʊvəˈwɔːtə
quarter
ˈkwɔːtə
rainwater
ˈreɪnˌwɔːtə
saltwater
ˈsɔːltˌwɔːtə
sweetwater
ˈswiːtˌwɔːtə
tidewater
ˈtaɪdˌwɔːtə
underwater
ˈʌndəˈwɔːtə
unwater
ʌnˈwɔːtə
wastewater
ˈweɪstˌwɔːtə
water
ˈwɔːtə
wild-water
waɪld ˈwɔːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEA WATER

sea shanty
sea slater
sea slug
sea snail
sea snake
sea spider
sea squill
sea squirt
sea steps
sea swallow
sea tangle
sea transport
sea trout
sea turtle
sea urchin
sea vegetable
sea view
sea wall
sea wasp
sea wrack

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEA WATER

above the water
bath water
blood is thicker than water
bottled water
distilled water
drinking water
fresh water
Greater
ground water
head of water
holy water
in deep water
in hot water
like a fish out of water
mineral water
salt water
surface water
tap water
test the water
waste water
white water

Synonyms and antonyms of sea water in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sea water» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEA WATER

Find out the translation of sea water to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sea water from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sea water» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agua de mar
570 millions of speakers

English

sea water
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समुद्र का पानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِيَاهُ البَحْر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морская вода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

água do mar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমুদ্রের জল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eau de mer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air laut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meerwasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

海水
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banyu segara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước biển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடல் நீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सागरी पाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

deniz suyu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acqua di mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

woda morska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

морська вода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apă de mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαλασσινό νερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seewater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

havsvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sjøvann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sea water

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA WATER»

The term «sea water» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEA WATER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sea water

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA WATER»

Discover the use of sea water in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sea water and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Light Absorption in Sea Water
This text is based on a body of contemporary research results taken from the subject literature and the work of the authors over a period of 30 years.
Bogdian Wozniak, Jerzy Dera, 2007
2
THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SEA
homogeneous medium where the concentration of the less abundant elements is concerned. Two elements, sodium and chlorine, constitute 85.2% of the dissolved solids in sea water while the nine most abundant elements constitute over ...
‎1965
3
Shining Big Sea Water: The Story of Lake Superior
A fascinating, fast-paced history of Lake Superior, from the time of the glaciers to the present, complemented by handy travelers' tips for historic destinations.
Norman K. Risjord, 2008
4
The Composition of Sea-Water Comparative and Descriptive ...
THE OCEANS AS A CHEMICAL SYSTEM E. D. GOLDBERG One hundred years ago Forchhammer (1865) elegantly posed the theme of marine chemistry : "Thus the quantity of the different elements in sea water is not proportional to the ...
M. Hill, 2005
5
Refining Processes Handbook
In some refineries in coastal areas, warm water (at approximately 113°F) returning from the process heat exchangers and other equipment is first cooled by heat exchange with sea water in sea water exchangers then sent back to the cooling ...
Surinder Parkash, 2003
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Descriptive Physical Oceanography
Due to several reasons, sea water and land surfaces behave differently to insolation. First, the albedo of sea water surface is generally smaller than that of land surface. Second, sea water surface is transparent and hence sun's rays can  ...
M. Affholder, F. Valiron, 2001
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The Philosophy of Bathing. On the Use of Sea Water and Sea ...
and the Dripping Sheet,—all these afforded us plain proof that the all important reaction is secured more quickly in the use of Sea. water than with the usual fresh water. Of course, I was myself one of the subjects of this experimental treatment.
Jonah HORNER, 1859
8
Biological Chemistry and Physics of Sea Water
Chapter V COLOUR AND ILLUMINATION OF SEA WATER Two distinct changes take place when a pencil of white light, composed of rays of different wave lengths which constitute daylight, passes through water containing no suspended  ...
9
A working party report on sea water corrosion of stainless ...
Contains papers presented at a workshop in 1995 organised by SINTEF Corrosion and Surface Technology (Trondheim) in co-operation with the EFC Working Parties on Marine Corrosion and Microbial Corrosion.
‎1996
10
The Botany of Mangroves
In effect, the plant rooted in sea water has to generate an additional hydrostatic pressure of about 25 bars (the negative water potential of sea water) as compared with a plant rooted in fresh water. Mangroves also raise water against a ...
Philip Barry Tomlinson, 1994

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEA WATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sea water is used in the context of the following news items.
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California to fight drought turning sea water into drinking water
Californians are about to get their water from a new source - the Pacific Ocean, as Governor Jerry Brown's new plan to save the state is set to launch next year, ... «The Daily Star, May 15»
2
Historys Next Great War Zone: The South China Sea
China has not fully clarified the precise extent of its sovereignty claims to South China Sea waters, but it is nonetheless clear that those claims are inconsistent ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
3
California Turns to the Ocean for Drinking Water
With its local reservoirs at less than 30% of capacity, the City Council voted in September to pursue reopening the facility, which can turn sea water into the equal ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
4
Chinese ship rams, sinks Vietnamese boat in disputed sea waters
A Chinese ship rammed into a wooden Vietnamese fishing vessel navigating in disputed sea waters, sinking it and ratcheting up tensions between the two ... «Washington Times, May 14»
5
Philippines protests over South China Sea water cannon incident
MANILA The Philippines protested on Tuesday against China's use of a water cannon on Filipino fishermen in disputed waters of the South China Sea warning ... «Reuters, Feb 14»
6
Getting clean water from the sea, at a high price
And there's reverse osmosis, the process Carlsbad will use -- where sea water or brackish water is forced through filter membranes that remove the salts. «CBS News, Feb 14»

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