contaminations

Noun

contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)

1. The act or process of contaminating.

   Synonyms:

   pollution, defilement, taint

2. Something which contaminates.

   Synonyms:

   adulterant, contaminant, impurity, pollutant, sophisticant, adulterator, contaminator, pollution, taint

3. A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4. 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.
5. The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.