Third person singular present tense: removes salt from water; the process by which salt is separated from seawater.
Regular conjugation of 'desalinate' in third person singular form.
When we conjugate verbs, we're following patterns established centuries ago—'desalinates' follows the same ending as 'evaporates' or 'purifies,' showing how new scientific verbs fit into old English patterns.
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