contamination
/kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun C1- The act or process of contaminating.
- Something which contaminates.
- A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
- 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.
- The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
Plural contaminations
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