turbidness

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tur·bid

(tûr′bĭd)

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 turbē.]

tur′bid·ly adv.

tur′bid·ness, tur·bid′i·ty n.

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Noun 1. [画像:turbidness - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended]turbidness - muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended

turbidity

murkiness, cloudiness, muddiness - the quality of being cloudy

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