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Verb
/dēˈsaləˌnāt/,
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desalinates, 3rd person singular present; desalinating, present participle; desalinated, past tense; desalinated, past participle;
  1. Remove salt from (seawater)


  1. remove salt from; "desalinate water"
  2. (desalination) the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
  3. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
  4. (desalination) The removal of dissolved inorganic solids (salts) from solution such as water to produce a liquid which is free of dissolved salts. Desalination is typically accomplished by distillation, reverse osmosis or electrodialysis.
  5. (Desalination) To remove salt. Water is desalinated in order to convert salt water to fresh water so it is suitable for human consumption or irrigation. In the last decade, membrane processes have developed very quickly, and most new facilities use reverse osmosis technology. ...
  6. (Desalination) Basically, there are six different processes to remove the saline from water.  Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO), Electro dialysis Reversal (EDR) and Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SRO) are all membrane separation processes. ...
  7. (desalination) A process that converts seawater or brackish water to fresh water or an otherwise more usable condition through removal of dissolved solids.
  8. (in  desalination (chemical process))
  9. desalinize or desalinise (diːˈsælɪˌneɪt)