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contamination

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?n?tæm??ne???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)

  1. The act or process of contaminating
    Synonyms: pollution, defilement, taint
  2. Something which contaminates.
  3. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  4. (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
  5. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Translations


French

Etymology

From Latin cont?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??.ta.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

contamination f (plural contaminations)

  1. contamination (act or process of contaminating)

Related terms

  • contaminer

Further reading

  • “contamination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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degeneracy

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??n???si/

Noun

degeneracy (countable and uncountable, plural degeneracies)

  1. the state of being degenerate (in all senses)
  2. (neuroscience) the ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
    Coordinate term: compensation

Translations

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  • what is degeneracy in chemistry
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