impurity (redirected from impurities)

im·pu·ri·ty  (m-pyr-t)

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

3. (Electronics) Electronics a small quantity of an element added to a pure semiconductor crystal to control its electrical conductivity See also acceptor [2] donor [5]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" dross 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 impureness 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 admixture, alloy - the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something 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 pureness, purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

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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

Translations

impurity [ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ] N → impureza f

impurity [ɪmˈpjʊərɪti] n → impureté f

impurity

n → Unreinheit f; (of food) → Verunreinigung f; (of motives) → Unsauberkeit f; the impurities in the liquid → die Verunreinigungen in der Flüssigkeit

impurity [ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ] n → impurità f inv