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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tam•i•na•tion (kən tam′ə nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of contaminating.
- the state of being contaminated.
- something that contaminates.
- Linguistics
- an alternation in a linguistic form due to the influence of a related form, as the replacement in English of earlier femelle with female through the influence of male.
- the process of forming blends. Cf. blend (def. 9).
- Late Latin contāminātiōn- (stem of contāminātiō), equivalent. to contāmināt(us) (see contaminate) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English contaminacioun 1375–1425
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