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recontamination

con·tam·i·na·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-tam-uh-ney-shuh n]
    • /kənˌtæm əˈneɪ ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh n-tam-uh-ney-shuh n]
    • /kənˌtæm əˈneɪ ʃən/

Definitions of recontamination word

  • noun recontamination the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc. 1
  • noun recontamination the act of contaminating, or of rendering something harmful or unusable by the addition of radioactive material: the contamination of food following a nuclear attack. 1
  • noun recontamination the state of being contaminated: The manufacturer recalled the product because of possible salmonella contamination. 1
  • noun recontamination Rare. something that contaminates a place or substance, as by making it impure, unsuitable, harmful, or unusable; a contaminant. 1
  • noun recontamination 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. Compare blend (def 9). 1
  • noun recontamination the act or process of recontaminating an area, person, hands, etc 0
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Origin of recontamination

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English contaminacioun < Late Latin contāminātiōn- (stem of contāminātiō), equivalent to contāmināt(us) (see contaminate) + -iōn- -ion

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Parts of speech for Recontamination

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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recontamination popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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