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Uncommoncontamination
The correct spelling is contamination.
How to pronounce contamination
noun
IPA: /kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən/
Say it like: Con-tam-ina-sho-n
The correct spelling is contamination. The act or process of contaminating
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Definition
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.(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.
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