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contamination [kən‚tam·ə′nā·shən] (computer science) Placement of data at incorrect locations in storage, where it generally overlays valid information or a program code and produces bizarre results. (geology) A process in which the chemical composition of a magma changes due to the assimilation of country rocks. (hydrology) The addition to water of any substance or property that prevents its use without further treatment. (microbiology) The process or act of soiling with bacteria. (nucleonics) The deposit of radioactive materials, such as fission fragments or radiological warfare agents, on any objective or surface or in the atmosphere. (psychology) The fusion of words, resulting in a new word. (science and technology) Something that contaminates. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He was going to be a clergyman, and it was necessary that he should be preserved from contamination. He uttered a clucking noise in advertisement of his friendliness, and Michael snarled at this black who had dared to lay hands upon him--a contamination, according to Michael's training--and who now dared to address him who associated only with white gods. she said, in a voice scarce louder than a whisper, but with a tone of startling vehemence, and, seizing the boy, she snatched him from me, as if some dire contamination were in my touch, and then stood with one hand firmly clasping his, the other on his shoulder, fixing upon me her large, luminous dark eyes - pale, breathless, quivering with agitation. |
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