saltness

as in salinity
the quality or state of being salty the excessive saltness of the soup made it inedible

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salinity
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  • Durability tests further demonstrated stable operation over two weeks in highly concentrated saline solutions with 20% salt content, exceeding the salinity of normal seawater, reported Techxplore.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But increasing soil salinity is impacting a fifth of farmable land globally due to climate change and human water and land use practices.
    Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Saltness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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