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purity (mass) | purity
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purity (encz) | purity,cudnost n: Pavel Machek |
purity (encz) | purity,čirost n: Petr Prášek |
purity (encz) | purity,čistokrevnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
purity (encz) | purity,čistota n: |
purity (encz) | purity,neposkvrněnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
purity (encz) | purity,pravost n: Petr Prášek |
purity (encz) | purity,ryzost n: Zdeněk Brož |
purity (encz) | purity,ušlechtilost n: |
Purity (gcide) | Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.]
The condition of being pure. Specifically:
(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of
a linen vesture." --Holyday.
(c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
(d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
(e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
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purity (wn) | purity
n 1: being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn:
purity, pureness] [ant: impureness, impurity]
2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a
knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness,
innocence, whiteness]
3: a woman's virtue or chastity [syn: honor, honour,
purity, pureness] |
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impurity (encz) | impurity,nečistota n: Zdeněk Brož |
water purity (encz) | water purity,čistota vod [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Attic purity (gcide) | Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its
principal city; marked by such qualities as were
characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
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Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a
column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under
the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and "Roman
Doric" orders, and imitated by the architects of the
Renaissance.
Attic faith, inviolable faith.
Attic purity, special purity of language.
Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar
to the Athenians.
Attic story. See Attic, n.
Attic style, a style pure and elegant.
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Impurity (gcide) | Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf.
F. impuret['e].]
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1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense;
defilement; foulness; adulteration.
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Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.
--Buckminster.
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2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul
matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
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Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.
--Atterbury.
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3. (Script.) Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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Purity (gcide) | Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.]
The condition of being pure. Specifically:
(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of
a linen vesture." --Holyday.
(c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
(d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
(e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
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impurity (wn) | impurity
n 1: worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;
"there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity,
dross]
2: the condition of being impure [syn: impurity, impureness]
[ant: pureness, purity] |
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