contamination

Examples of contaminating

contaminating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The negative perception people have of whatever the euphemistic word refers to ends up contaminating the word itself.
Contaminating gases were separated with titanium traps and liquid nitrogen.
Was it wise to bring in clean water, if contaminating refuse was not also removed from the city?
This flow will also have the side effect of contaminating some of the pipes in the plant with oxygen.
However, a possibility of an influence of enzymes contaminating the muscle larvae enzyme preparation should not be overlooked.
Following the results obtained, it was necessary to identify the contaminating organisms with a view to applying control measures.
This allows the cells to be easily distinguished at low power magnification from contaminating maternal cells.
Depending on the type of soil and climate, eventually that waste reaches ground or surface water, potentially contaminating drinking water supplies and aquatic habitat.
These are, however, very clearly visible in the photographic record when present and it is apparent when they are contaminating the record.
Paradoxically - as the unwritability topos suggests - only writing can keep literacy, and women, from contaminating the battlefield.
Judging by the brownish colour, an amount of vitellin was still contaminating the active fractions.
A low contaminating dose may account for the long incubation period and low attack rate.
This classification is based on the sulfur content because this is the element that makes a fuel more or less contaminating.
The beads bind to the target cells whereas the maternal contaminating cells, which do not express the antigen, are left behind or washed away.
In addition, the sensitivity of the bilayer approach makes it particularly prone to reporting the activity of contaminating channels.
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