TURBIDITY Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

turbidity

noun

as in cloudiness

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Recent Examples of turbidity 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, 30 June 2026 The South Florida Sun Sentinel reached out to the county for comment about the plume size, turbidity and distance travel. — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026 The study suggests that persistent turbidity plumes created by coastal modification projects may interfere with shark prey capture and could increase the likelihood of unintended human interactions. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Cordell from Yuba Water Agency said initial field checks near the incident showed high turbidity, or cloudy water, and that other water quality samples have been sent to a lab for analysis. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Years later, those breaks were used to confirm the existence of underwater landslides known as turbidity currents. — PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Bakos said the overall effect of the mirrors would depend on the reflectiveness of the illuminated surface and the cloudiness of the sky.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Clear resins can be some of the most demanding materials to print, with even minor exposure issues showing up as cloudiness, yellowing, or a loss of fine detail.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cloudiness

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While the department attributes the opacity around its procurement and distribution of its massive, $1 trillion budget to the sheer size of the agency and its responsibilities, the GAO has found evidence instead of pervasive money mismanagement.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
At the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Autumn Edition, the fiber maker introduced COOLMAX CloakFX, a recycled polyester fiber designed to mask the appearance of sweat while providing moisture management and wet and dry opacity.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of opacity

Noun

Scientific consensus is that this opaqueness is caused by hazy banks of clouds that are masking the atmospheres, but what kind of aerosol particles are in the clouds?

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 June 2026
International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

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