turbidness

noun

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as in turbidity

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  1. turbidity
  2. opacity
  3. cloudiness
  4. opaqueness
Noun
  • That’s because dishwashers are equipped with something called a turbidity sensor that basically senses the murkiness of the water and adjusts the wash cycle accordingly.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
  • To create a complete system, the buoy is equipped with sensors for temperature, turbidity, chlorophyll, and oxygen levels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 June 2026
Definition of turbidity
Noun
  • In the wake of tragedy and separation, she is lost, wary of the immensity and opacity of her desire; anger crouches inside her, too, a fact that her divorce made mercilessly clear to her.
    — Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
  • There’s a whole methodology for opacity that people in medicine have worked out.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of opacity
Noun
  • Variable cloudiness with a thunderstorm around in the afternoon.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers who don’t care about cloudiness are gravitating to the cheaper bullet tier where the Frigidaire, Igloo and Magic Chef models sit.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of cloudiness
Noun
  • Also consider how the thickness, opaqueness, and feel of the glass will play with the rest of the décor.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of opaqueness
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