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/kəntˌæmɪnˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /kənˌtæməˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ US /kənˌtæməˈneɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being contaminated
- a substance that contaminates
How To Use contamination In A Sentence
- Critics fear the environmental impact and possible contamination of groundwater as well as the risk of earthquakes. Times, Sunday Times
- By doing the activities room, decontamination, dust - free shop has a professional and technical.
- 'Traditional methods of dating the pigments, such as radiocarbon, are destructive to the paintings, and the samples are prone to contamination. Signs of the Times
- Food distributors across the country announced yesterday that they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a WN.com - Business News
- Chemical contamination of the Rybinsk Reservoir, northwest Russia: Relationship between liver polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) content and health indicators ... brama) [An article from: Chemosphere] by G.M. Chuiko Monsanto's Global Pollution Legacy
- Food distributors across the country announced on Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Plainview, Minn., milk Food distributors across the country announced Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a WN.com - Business News
- The tip extension would be split into sections lined with clay but Yorkshire Water is concerned contamination may leak out into nearby public water supply boreholes.
- This study examined the contamination of boots worn by surgeons and other perioperative personnel during urologic, gynecologic, plastic, thoracic, and orthopedic procedures in a hospital in the United Kingdom.
- The lake had been known to be subject to contamination from human faecal material for some time.
- Otherwise, alcohol - based hand gels are the preferred method for hand decontamination between patients.