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Webster 1913 Edition

Sanitation

Sanˊi-ta′tion

,

Noun.

The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

How much

sanitation

has advanced during the last half century.

H. Hartshorne.

Definition 2024

sanitation

sanitation

English

Noun

sanitation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sanitations)

The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

Hypernyms

(policy and practice): public health

Related terms

Translations

the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste

Chinese:
Mandarin: 下水道設施, 下水道设施 ‎(xiàshuǐdào shèshī), 衛生設備 (zh), 卫生设备 (zh) ‎(wèishēng shèbèi), 盥洗設備, 盥洗设备 ‎(guànxǐ shèbèi)
Finnish: jätehuolto (fi)
French: assainissement (fr) m
German: Kanalisation (de) f, Abwasserentsorgung f, Abfallwirtschaft (de) f

Greek: εξυγίανση (el) f ‎(exygíansi)
Japanese: 衛生設備 ‎(eisei setsubi) (disposal system)
Portuguese: saneamento (pt) m
Russian: сана́ция (ru) f ‎(sanácija), ассениза́ция (ru) f ‎(assenizácija), канализа́ция (ru) f ‎(kanalizácija) (sewerage system), улучше́ние санита́рных усло́вий n ‎(ulučšénije sanitárnyx uslóvij)
Vietnamese:

the policy and practice

Arabic: اَلصِّحَّة الْعُمُومِيَّة f ‎(aṣ-ṣiḥḥa l-ʿumūmiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公共衛生 (zh), 公共卫生 (zh) ‎(gōnggòng wèishēng) (public sanitary), 環境衛生, 环境卫生 ‎(huánjìng wèishēng) (environmental sanitary)
Finnish: jätehuolto (fi)

Greek: υγιεινή (el) f ‎(ygieiní)
Japanese: 衛生 (ja) ‎(eisei), 公衆衛生 (ja) ‎(kōshū eisei) (public sanitary)
Portuguese: saneamento (pt) m
Russian: санитари́я (ru) f ‎(sanitaríja), санита́рная профила́ктика f ‎(sanitárnaja profiláktika)
Tagalog: palagalingan

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