contamination

Definitions

1. Pollution, contamination.
2. The act or process of contaminating.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something which contaminates.
   countable, uncountable
4. A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
   countable, uncountable
5. The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
   countable, uncountable
6. The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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