"made of salt," c. 1500, probably from a Latin word related to salinum "salt cellar" and salinae "salt pits," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Also in Middle English as a noun meaning "salt pit" (13c.). Saline solution attested from 1833.
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1. Wash the lenses in saline solution.
レンズを塩溶液で洗浄した。
2.He is on a saline drip.
塩水を供給している。
3.Chains of saline lakes are found in places in continental interiors.
大陸内部のいくつかの地域で塩湖シリーズが発見された。
4. In a simple'salt pan " the segregation is expressed by the zonation of saline minerals.
簡単な「塩入れ」では、分離作用は塩系鉱物が帯状分布を呈することを示す.
5.Aim To analyze Tertiary period sedimentary environment of Qaidamu saline lake.