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turbidity
(redirected from Nephelometric turbidity units)

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tur·bid  (tûrbd)
adj.
1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy: turbid water.
2. Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog.
3. In a state of turmoil; muddled: turbid feelings.

[Latin turbidus, disordered, from turba, turmoil, probably from Greek turb.]

turbid·ly adv.
turbid·ness, tur·bidi·ty n.
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Noun1.turbidity - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspendedturbidity - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
murkiness, cloudiness, muddiness - the quality of being cloudy
Translations
turbidity
n
(of liquid)Trübheit f, → Schmutzigkeit f
(fig: = confusion) → Verworrenheit f


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Measured in nephelometric turbidity units (NTU), turbidity ranges from less than 1 NTU to more than 1,000 NTU.
Surface water can vary seasonally, and during spring run-off, turbidity can increase to well over 500 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU).
The amount of non-dissolved drug powder in the reconstituted drug solution quantitatively correlates to the intensity of scattered light and can be expressed in nephelometric turbidity units (NTU).
 
 
 
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