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Definition of Pollution

1. Noun. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.

2. Noun. The state of being polluted.

3. Noun. The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.

Definition of Pollution

1. n. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.

Definition of Pollution

1. Noun. The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances. ¹

2. Noun. Something that pollutes; a pollutant. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) Physical defilement ¹

4. Noun. (medicine obsolete) The emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pollution

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pollution

1. The changing of a natural environment, either by natural or artificial means, so that the environment becomes harmful to the living things normally found in it. most often this refers to the input of toxic chemicals into the environment. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollution

pollucite pollutable pollutant pollutants polluted pollutedly pollutedness polluter polluters pollutes

pollutician polluticians polluting pollutingly pollutionist pollutionless pollutions pollutive pollux polly

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Literary usage of Pollution

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"The Council of the Fisheries Preservation As- i have done me the honour to invite me to briefly their proceedings on the subject of the pollution of rivers, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"pollution, and water pollution (6, 7)| Health is a complex matter, and it is exceedingly difficult to sort out the contributions of the various factors. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"In an action against upper riparian mine owners for the pollution of a stream by the waste from their mines which flowed down on and injured plaintiffs' ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"Even if the analyses were made daily they would not enable ns to prevent pollution. They could only detect the pollution after it had taken place. ..."

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