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desalt (verb), desalts; desalted; desalting (verbs)
1. To remove salt from something; especially, from sea water, usually to make it drinkable.
2. Any of various methods used to remove mineral salt from ocean water or other brines; such as, flash desalting, reverse osmosis, or electrodialysis.
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 38) sal-, sali- (page 1)
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electric desalting
1. A method for removing impurities from crude oil by settling out in an electrostatic field.
2. A process used to remove impurities; such as, inorganic salts from crude oil by settling them out (gravity separation of heavy from light materials) in an electrostatic field.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 7)