загрязнение — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contamination noun The act of making something impure or unsafe, or the harmful substance responsible for it.
- impurity noun A substance mixed into something that makes it less pure or of lower quality.
- pollution noun The contamination of the environment with harmful substances, noise, or light.
Senses
загрязнение is used for these senses in English:
- contamination The act or process of contaminating.
- impurity A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- pollution Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
impurity — full definition
- noun A substance mixed into something that makes it less pure or of lower quality.
- noun The state or quality of being impure, whether physically or morally.