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Secchi disk

Secchi disk noun: a circular disk used to measure water transparency (and thus turbidity).

secchi disk: a circular disk used to measure water transparency (and thus turbidity)
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Noun

Secchi disk (plural Secchi disks)

  1. A circular disk used to measure water transparency (and thus turbidity).

Secchi disk meaning in Tamil

Secchi disk in Tamil

செக்கி வட்டு

Forms of Secchi disk

pluralSecchi disks
alternative formSecchi disc

Origin of Secchi disk

From Secchi + disk. From Italian Secchi, from Angelo Secchi.

Questions about Secchi disk

What does Secchi disk mean?
Secchi disk means a circular disk used to measure water transparency (and thus turbidity).
What is Secchi disk in Tamil?
Secchi disk in Tamil is செக்கி வட்டு. See Secchi disk meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Secchi disk?
Secchi disk is a noun.
What is the plural of Secchi disk?
The plural of Secchi disk is Secchi disks.

Words near Secchi disk in the dictionary

  1. Secchi
  2. Secchi depth
  3. Secchi depths
  4. Secchi disc
  5. Secchi discs
  6. Secchi disk
  7. Secchi disks
  8. Secchis
  9. secco
  10. Seccombe
  11. seccos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Secchi disk (page history and authors); secchi disk (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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