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Webster 1913 Edition


Contamination

Con-tamˊi-na′tion

(kŏn-tămˊĭ-nā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
contaminatio
.]
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contamination

CONTAMINATION

,
Noun.
The act of polluting; pollution; defilement; taint.