impurity

[ im-pyoor-i-tee ]
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noun,plural im·pu·ri·ties for 2.
  1. the quality or state of being impure.

  2. Often impurities. something that is or makes impure: After the flood the authorities warned against impurities in the drinking water.

Origin of impurity

1
1400–50; late Middle English impurite<Latin impūritās.See impure, -ity

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impurity

/ (ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the quality of being impure

  2. an impure thing, constituent, or element: impurities in the water

  1. electronics a small quantity of an element added to a pure semiconductor crystal to control its electrical conductivity: See also acceptor (def. 2), donor (def. 5)

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