desalt

desalt
desalt desalt v. to remove the salt from (a solution of salt).

Note: This term is used in a more general sense than {desalinate}, which usually refers to the removal of common salt (sodium chloride) from a water solution, such as sea water. Desalt is commonly used to refer to any laboratory or industrial process in which any salt may be removed from a mixture of substances dssolved in a solvent, usually water. It is thus used as a method of purification in chemical processes. The methods for desalting are very varied.

Syn: desalinate, desalinize. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • desalt — transitive verb Date: circa 1904 to remove salt from • desalter noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • desalt — de·salt …   English syllables

  • desalt — de•salt [[t]diˈsɔlt[/t]] v. t. chem. to remove the salt from (esp. sea water), usu. to make it drinkable • Etymology: 1905–10 de•salt′er, n …   From formal English to slang

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