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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).

contamination From the web:

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polluting

English

Verb

polluting

  1. present participle of pollute

Adjective

polluting (comparative more polluting, superlative most polluting)

  1. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.

References

  • polluting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

polluting From the web:

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  • what's polluting the earth
  • what's polluting the ocean
  • what's polluting our oceans
  • what pollution effect is caused by particulates
  • what polluting means
  • what does pollution mean
  • what is polluting water
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