contamination

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən//
United Kingdom//kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən//
United States//kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən//
United States/[kənˌtɛəm.əˈneɪ.ʃən]/

The act or process of contaminating.

noun

1
The act or process of contaminating.
2
Something which contaminates.
3
A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4
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 intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.

Etymology

From Latin contāminātiōnem.

Forms

plural: contaminations

containing · contents containment · The state of being contained.contaminated · adulterated; impure

contamination · The act or process of contaminating.

contemplate · To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or…contemporary · From the same time period, coexistent in time;…contempt · The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of…

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