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im·pu·ri·ty
(ĭm-pyo͝or′ĭ-tē)n. pl. im·pu·ri·ties
1. The quality or condition of being impure, especially:
a. Contamination or pollution.
b. Lack of consistency or homogeneity; adulteration.
c. A state of immorality; sin.
2. Something that renders something else impure; an inferior component or additive.
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impurity
(ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. the quality of being impure
2. an impure thing, constituent, or element: impurities in the water.
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im•pu•ri•ty
(ɪmˈpyʊər ɪ ti)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.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
2. | impurity - the condition of being impure condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" adulteration, debasement - being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating contamination, taint - the state of being contaminated dirtiness - the state of containing dirty impurities putridity - the state of being putrid pollution - undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
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impurity
noun
1. (often plural) dirt, pollutant, scum, grime, contaminant, dross, bits, foreign body, foreign matter The air is filtered to remove impurities.
2. contamination, infection, pollution, taint, filth, foulness, defilement, dirtiness, uncleanness, befoulment The soap is boiled to remove all traces of impurity.
3. immorality, corruption, obscenity, indecency, vulgarity, prurience, coarseness, licentiousness, immodesty, carnality, lewdness, grossness, salaciousness, lasciviousness, unchastity, smuttiness impurity, lust and evil desires
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impurity
noun1. Impure condition:
2. One that contaminates:
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Translations
عَدَم نَقاوَه، تَلَوُّثفَساد، تَلَوُّث
nečistota
urenurenhed
erkölcstelenségszennyeződéstisztát lanságtisztátalanság
e-î sem spillir/mengar; sorimengun
nečistota
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
impurity
n → Unreinheit f; (of food) → Verunreinigung f; (of motives) → Unsauberkeit f; the impurities in the liquid → die Verunreinigungen in der Flüssigkeit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
impure
(imˈpjue) adjective dirty, with other substances mixed in; not pure. impure air; The water is impure.
imˈpurity noun1. something which is mixed into another substance, but which should not be. There are too many impurities in this steel.
2. the state of being impure. Complaints were made about the impurity of the milk.
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impurity
n (pl -ties) impurezaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.