Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adulteration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adulteration \A*dul`ter*a"tion\, n. [L. adulteratio.]
1. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp.
of food or drink) by foreign mixture.
The shameless adulteration of the coin. --Prescott.
2. An adulterated state or product.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adulteration
n : being mixed with extraneous material [syn: {debasement}]
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