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contamination (noun)

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  • contamination — contaminate con‧tam‧i‧nate [kənˈtæmneɪt] verb [transitive] 1. to make something dirty and dangerous, for example with chemicals or poison: • A large number of eggs were contaminated with salmonella. 2. INSURANCE to spoil goods carried by a ship …   Financial and business terms

  • contamination — contaminate ► VERB ▪ make impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance. DERIVATIVES contaminant noun contamination noun contaminator noun. ORIGIN Latin contaminare make impure , from contamen contact, pollution …   English terms dictionary

  • contamination — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ serious, widespread ▪ possible, potential ▪ environmental, food, soil, water ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • contamination — noun 1. the state of being contaminated (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑taint • Derivationally related forms: ↑taint (for: ↑taint), ↑contaminate • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • contamination — I noun adulteration, corruption, debauchment, decay, defilement, degradation, despoilment, impureness, impurity, infection, pollution, vitiation II index air pollution, defilement, detriment, perversion …   Law dictionary

  • contamination — (n.) early 15c., from L. contaminationem (nom. contaminatio), noun of action from pp. stem of contaminare (see CONTAMINATE (Cf. contaminate)). Figurative sense is from c.1620; specifically of radioactivity from 1913 …   Etymology dictionary

  • contamination — noun Date: 15th century 1. a process of contaminating ; a state of being contaminated 2. contaminant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • contamination — noun a) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. b) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds …   Wiktionary

  • contamination — UK [kənˌtæmɪnˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the process of making something dirty, polluted, or poisonous by adding a chemical, waste, or infection [ex] They are concerned about levels of contamination in our oceans. 2) substances that… …   English dictionary

  • contamination — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impurity, pollution, adulteration, corruption, defilement, foulness, rottenness, spoliation, disease, decay, pestilence, contagion, taint, infection, poisoning; see also pollution . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …   English dictionary for students

  • contamination — /kəntæməˈneɪʃən/ (say kuhntamuh nayshuhn) noun 1. the act of contaminating. 2. the state of being contaminated. 3. something that contaminates. 4. Bibliography the corruption of a text by the influence of variant versions. 5. the exposure of… …  

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