potential contamination

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandcontamination

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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contamination
noun[U]
uk
/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandcontaminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is of practical importance for any attempts at control, since these groups contribute significantly to thepotentialcontaminationof the environment in the area.
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These cell counts did not include swollen cell bodies without nuclei because ofpotentialcontaminationwith blood capillaries in the region.
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Also, apotentialcontaminationof the interior of the sample can be estimated by visualizing fractures and\\or pores.
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Such a design permits consideration of intervention impact without thepotentialcontaminationof effects of the intervention on that found among other individuals in the same setting.
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Other commonly implicated factors were, thepotentialcontaminationfrom grazing animals or slurry spreading, poor maintenance of the supply, and heavy rain, which preceded a quarter of the outbreaks.
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Priority is given to sites identified or being considered for disposal and sites in environmentally sensitive areas where a known threat ofpotentialcontaminationexists, or is strongly suspected.
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Additional investigations on the impact of nanoparticles on agricultural crops and on thepotentialcontaminationof the food chain are also being undertaken.
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Impact andpotentialcontaminationon the planet's surface is possible from 2019 onwards.
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This loss of pressure causedpotentialcontaminationof the water supply.
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Vaccines are often highly effective but the live parasite vaccines have problems ofpotentialcontamination with other microbes and induction of a carrier state which may be unwanted.
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Because so many molecules absorb light at 260 nm, this measurement is subject to inaccuracy due topotentialcontaminationof the sample with these other molecules.
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