Definition of Dust contamination

1. Noun. State of being contaminated with dust.

Generic synonyms: Contamination, Taint

2. Noun. The act of contaminating with dust particles.
Generic synonyms: Contamination, Pollution

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dust Contamination

dust-covered
dust-off
dust-up
dust asthma
dust bag
dust ball
dust bin
dust bins
dust bowl
dust bunnies
dust bunny
dust cell
dust cloth
dust cloud
dust coat
dust contamination (current term)
dust corpuscles
dust cover
dust devil
dust devils
dust jacket
dust jackets
dust mice
dust mite
dust mop
dust mouse
dust off
dust sheet
dust storm

Literary usage of Dust contamination

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

1. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"... in places in which the air was subject to varying degrees of dust contamination, he showed an inverse relationship between the purity of the air and the ..."

2. The Indian Policy of the United States on the Southwestern Frontier, 1830 by Joseph Abner Hill, Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser (1914)
"... in places in which the air was subject to varying degrees of dust contamination, he showed an inverse relationship between the purity of the air and the ..."

3. Foods and Sanitation: A Text-book and Laboratory Manual for High Schools by Edith Hall Forster, Mildred Weigley (1914)
"If screening is used, dust contamination is still possible. Glass cases should be used for displaying food. Food should likewise be protected from house ..."

4. Foods and Sanitation: A Text-book and Laboratory Manual for High Schools by Edith Hall Forster, Mildred Weigley (1914)
"If screening is used, dust contamination is still possible. Glass cases should be used for displaying food. Food should likewise be protected from house ..."

5. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks by Henry Stephens Washington (1919)
"These two factors are: contamination from the mortars, and the loss caused by the flying off of fragments and dust. Contamination by iron derived from the ..."

6. Environmental Epidemiology by National Research Council (U. S.), National Research Council (1991)
"Unless a chemical is extremely potent, the exposure is unusually direct as with certain occupations, or there is extensive dust contamination of food and ..."

7. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"Ail airspeed indications were then lost due to volcanic dust contamination in the pitot system. At the same time, there was a stall warning and the stick ..."

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