English-Thai Dictionary

impurity

N ความ ไม่ บริสุทธิ์  การ มีมลทิน  adulteration purity kwam-mai-bori-sud

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPURITY

Im *pu "ri *ty, n.; pl. Impurities. Etym: [L. impuritas: cf. F.impureté. ]

 

1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration. Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. Buckminster.

 

2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc. ; a foreign ingredient. Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. Atterbury.

 

3. (Script. )

 

Defn: Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impurity

im pu ri ty |imˈpyo͝oritē ɪmˈpjʊrədi | ▶noun ( pl. impurities ) the quality or condition of being impure. • a thing or constituent that impairs the purity of something: aluminum and lead are impurities frequently found in tap water. • Electronics a trace element deliberately added to a semiconductor; a dopant. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French impurité or Latin impuritas, from impurus (see impure ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

impurity

im ¦pur |ity |ɪmˈpjʊərɪti | ▶noun ( pl. impurities ) [ mass noun ] the state or quality of being impure. • [ count noun ] a constituent which impairs the purity of something: aluminium and lead are impurities frequently found in tap water. • [ count noun ] Electronics a trace element deliberately added to a semiconductor; a dopant. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French impurite or Latin impuritas, from impurus (see impure ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impurity

impurity noun 1 the impurity of the cast iron: adulteration, debasement, degradation, corruption; contamination, pollution. 2 the impurities in beer: contaminant, pollutant, foreign body, foreign matter; dross, dirt, filth. 3 sin and impurity: immorality, sin, sinfulness, wickedness; unchastity, lustfulness, lechery, lecherousness, lewdness, lasciviousness, prurience, obscenity, dirtiness, crudeness, indecency, ribaldry, impropriety, vulgarity, depravity, coarseness; formal concupiscence.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impurity

impurity noun 1 the brittleness of cast iron resulted from its impurity: adulteration, debasement, degradation. ANTONYMS purity. 2 the impurity of the air breathed by pitmen: contamination, pollution; dirtiness, filthiness, uncleanliness, foulness, unwholesomeness; rare feculence. ANTONYMS purity, cleanliness. 3 all the impurities are left in the beer: contaminant, adulterant, pollutant, foreign body; dross, dirt, filth, grime, scum; (impurities ) bits, foreign matter. 4 a struggle to rid the soul of sin and impurity: immorality, corruption, sin, sinfulness, vice, wickedness, dishonour; depravity, degeneracy, debauchery, dissolution; unchastity, lustfulness, lechery, lecherousness, lewdness, lasciviousness, prurience, obscenity, dirtiness, indecency, wantonness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, impropriety, crudity, crudeness, vulgarity, coarseness, grossness; rare concupiscence. ANTONYMS purity, chastity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impurity

im pu ri ty /ɪmpjʊ́ ə rəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 不純 ; (道徳上の )不純, みだら ; 不潔 .2 C 〖しばしば -ties 〗不純物, 不浄物 ; 不純 [腐敗 ]行為 .