impurity

  • 81impurity — im·pu·ri·ty || ɪm pjÊŠrÉ™tɪ / pjÊŠÉ™r n. quality of being unclean or contaminated; state of being morally unclean or corrupt; insignificant material that should be removed; component or ingredient that spoils the purity of something …

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  • 82impurity — noun (plural impurities) 1》 the quality or condition of being impure. 2》 a constituent which impairs the purity of something. 3》 Electronics a trace element deliberately added to a semiconductor; a dopant …

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  • 83impurity — n. 1. Foulness, uncleanness, feculence, defilement, pollution. 2. Unchastity, lewdness, looseness, grossness, coarseness, indelicacy, immodesty, impudicity, smuttiness, obscenity, indecency, ribaldry. 3. Admixture with foreign matter, adulterated …

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  • 84impurity — noun 1 (countable usually plural) part of an almost pure substance that is of a lower quality: All natural minerals contain impurities. 2 (U) the state of being impure …

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  • 85impurity — n 1. contamination, befoulment, pollution, adulteration, infection; uncleanness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, feculence; turbidity, turbidness, muddiness, murkiness, cloudiness. 2. unchasteness, unchastity, defilement, corruption, perversion; …

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  • 86impurity — im·purity …

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  • 87impurity — [ɪmˈpjʊərəti] noun 1) [C] a substance that is wrongly present in another substance 2) [U] the quality of not being pure …

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  • 88impurity — im•pu•ri•ty [[t]ɪmˈpyʊər ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the quality or state of being impure 2) Often, impurities. something that is or makes impure: to remove impurities from the air[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L …

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  • 89impurity — /ɪmˈpjʊərəti/ (say im pyoouhruhtee) noun (plural impurities) 1. the quality or state of being impure. 2. (often plural) that which is or makes impure: impurities in drinking water …

  • 90impurity — n. (pl. ies) 1 the quality or condition of being impure. 2 an impure thing or constituent. Etymology: F impuriteacute or L impuritas (as IMPURE) …

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