slovo | definícia |
contaminated (encz) | contaminated,kontaminovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contaminated (gcide) | contaminated \contaminated\ adj.
1. containing undesired or infective microorganisms.
Syn: dirty, infected.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. rendered impure by addition of deleterious substances; as,
had to boil the contaminated water.
Syn: polluted.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. 1 (Computers) damaged by inclusion of incorrect data or
information not belonging; as, The file was contaminated
by a buggy editor.
Syn: corrupted.
[PJC]
4. appearing unethical due to a questionable source or
motives; -- of money or activities; as, The fund was
contaminated by a large donation from a mobster.
Syn: tainted.
[PJC] |
Contaminated (gcide) | Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
[1913 Webster]
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.
[1913 Webster] |
contaminated (wn) | contaminated
adj 1: corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated
evidence" [ant: uncontaminated]
2: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to
boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
[syn: contaminated, polluted] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
contaminated (encz) | contaminated,kontaminovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contaminated site (encz) | contaminated site,stará zátěž (odpady) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
contaminated site sanitation (encz) | contaminated site sanitation,sanace staré zátěže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
decontaminated (encz) | decontaminated,asanoval v: Zdeněk Broždecontaminated,dekontaminoval v: Zdeněk Broždecontaminated,dekontaminovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
uncontaminated (encz) | uncontaminated,nekontaminovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožuncontaminated,nezamořený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contaminated (gcide) | contaminated \contaminated\ adj.
1. containing undesired or infective microorganisms.
Syn: dirty, infected.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. rendered impure by addition of deleterious substances; as,
had to boil the contaminated water.
Syn: polluted.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. 1 (Computers) damaged by inclusion of incorrect data or
information not belonging; as, The file was contaminated
by a buggy editor.
Syn: corrupted.
[PJC]
4. appearing unethical due to a questionable source or
motives; -- of money or activities; as, The fund was
contaminated by a large donation from a mobster.
Syn: tainted.
[PJC]Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
[1913 Webster]
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.
[1913 Webster] |
contaminated (wn) | contaminated
adj 1: corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated
evidence" [ant: uncontaminated]
2: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to
boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
[syn: contaminated, polluted] |
mercury-contaminated (wn) | mercury-contaminated
adj 1: contaminated by mercury |
uncontaminated (wn) | uncontaminated
adj 1: not corrupted by contact or association; "there is no
culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world"
[ant: contaminated]
2: free from admixture with noxious elements; clean; "unpolluted
streams"; "a contaminated lake" [syn: uncontaminated,
unpolluted] |
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