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saltens

saltens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salten.

Meaning of salten

Verb

salten (third-person singular simple present saltens, present participle saltening, simple past and past participle saltened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become salty or salted
    • It might, however, give more credit to the thermohaline structure in the Atlantic: the large influx of thermocline water saltens the surface layer, while a fresh subsurface layer might be generated by the salt export at intermediate depths.1999, Journal of Physical Oceanography, volume 29, page 2278

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What is saltens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Saltens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salten.

Words near saltens in the dictionary

  1. saltee
  2. saltees
  3. salten
  4. saltened
  5. saltening
  6. saltens
  7. salter
  8. Salter-Harris fracture
  9. Salter-Harris fractures
  10. Salterhebble
  11. salteries

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