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Meaning of "pollutant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLLUTANT

pollutant  [pəˈluːtənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLLUTANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pollutant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLLUTANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pollutant

Pollutant

A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. A pollutant may cause long- or short-term damage by changing the growth rate of plant or animal species, or by interfering with human amenities, comfort, health, or property values. Some pollutants are biodegradable and therefore will not persist in the environment in the long term. However the degradation products of some pollutants are themselves polluting such as the products DDE and DDD produced from degradation of DDT.

Definition of pollutant in the English dictionary

The definition of pollutant in the dictionary is a substance that pollutes, esp a chemical or similar substance that is produced as a waste product of an industrial process.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLLUTANT


accountant
əˈkaʊntənt
advertent
ədˈvɜːtənt
assistant
əˈsɪstənt
consistent
kənˈsɪstənt
constant
ˈkɒnstənt
consultant
kənˈsʌltənt
disputant
dɪˈspjuːtənt
important
ɪmˈpɔːtənt
inadvertent
ˌɪnədˈvɜːtənt
instant
ˈɪnstənt
mutant
ˈmjuːtənt
nonmutant
ˌnɒnˈmjuːtənt
nutant
ˈnjuːtənt
oughtn´t
ˈɔːtənt
patent
ˈpætənt
resistant
rɪˈzɪstənt
retreatant
rɪˈtriːtənt
revertant
rɪˈvɜːtənt
superimportant
ˌsuːpərɪmˈpɔːtənt
unimportant
ˌʌnɪmˈpɔːtənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLLUTANT

polliniferous
polliniser
pollinium
pollinizer
pollinosis
polliwog
Pollock
polls
pollster
pollucite
pollusion
pollute
polluted
pollutedly
pollutedness
polluter
pollution
pollutive
Pollux
polly

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLLUTANT

adjutant
all-important
arc-boutant
blatant
coadjutant
computant
contestant
debutant
executant
habitant
hesitant
management consultant
militant
montant
on the instant
persistent organic pollutant
Protestant
reluctant
resultant
water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of pollutant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pollutant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLLUTANT

Find out the translation of pollutant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pollutant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pollutant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

污染物 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agente contaminante
570 millions of speakers

English

pollutant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रदूषक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملوثات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

загрязнителей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poluente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূষক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polluant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bahan pencemar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schadstoff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚染物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오염 물질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polutan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất gây ô nhiễm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாசுபடுத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रदूषक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kirletici madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sostanza inquinante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zanieczyszczenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забруднювачів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poluant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρύπων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besoedelings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förorening
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forurensende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pollutant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLUTANT»

The term «pollutant» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.729 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLLUTANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pollutant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pollutant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pollutant

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2 QUOTES WITH «POLLUTANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pollutant.
1
Joe Barton
CO2 is not a pollutant in any normal definition of the term.
2
John Coleman
The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax us citizens for our carbon footprints.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLLUTANT»

Discover the use of pollutant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pollutant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pollutant Effects in Freshwater: Applied Limnology, Third ...
With ever tighter controls on pollution levels of freshwater bodies being implemented and enforced world wide, this book is essential reading for students of public health and environmental engineering, and a reference tool for ...
J. Jacoby, E. Welch, 2004
2
A Basic Introduction to Pollutant Fate and Transport: An ...
Contributing to the book's ease of use are: An extremely user-friendly software program, Fate, which uses basic models to predict the fate and transport of pollutants in lakes, rivers, groundwater, and atmospheric systems The use of "canned ...
Frank M. Dunnivant, Elliot Anders, 2006
3
Hazardous Air Pollutant Handbook: Measurements, Properties, ...
Finally, the book reviews the atmospheric reactions that control the lifetime and fate of the HAPs in ambient air, and summarizes the current knowledge about their transformation products.
Chester W. Spicer, Sydney M. Gordon, Thomas J. Kelly, 2002
4
Recommendations on Methodologies of Monitoring Air Pollutant ...
This document describes methodologies for monitoring air pollutant emissions taking into account the present conditions in countries of North-East Asia.
‎2002
5
Environmental Hydraulics: Hydrodynamic and Pollutant ...
This book examines the numerical approaches used in hydrodynamic and pollutant transport modeling. First, the theory and physical basis of transport and mixing in lakes and coastal waters are provided.
Ioannis Tsanis, Jian Wu, Huihua Shen, 2007
6
Management of Pollutant Emission from Landfills and Sludge
This book gives an overview of recent findings on the mitigation of gas emission from landfills and sludge processing.
Malgorzata Pawlowska, Lucjan Pawlowski, 2007
7
Geoenvironmental Engineering: Contaminated Soils, Pollutant ...
Geoenvironmental Engineering: Contaminated Soils, Pollutant Fate, and Mitigation discusses why soils remain contaminated, focusing on the development of the factors, properties, characteristics, and parameters of soils and individual ...
Raymond N. Yong, 2000
8
Chemical Concepts in Pollutant Behavior
Chemical Concepts in Pollutant Behavior, fully updated in this Second Edition, provides a detailed applied chemistry resource for understanding the current state of environmental chemistry.
Ian J. Tinsley, 2004
9
Geoenvironmental Engineering: Ground Contamination: ...
This book contains the collected papers from the 2nd Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference, organised by the British Geotechnical Society and Cardiff University's Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Centre.
Raymond Nen Yong, H. R. Thomas, 1999
10
Sediment Dynamics and Pollutant Mobility in Rivers: An ...
This is the first interdisciplinary book on the mobilization of nutrients and pollutants in the water phase due to hydrodynamic processes.
Bernd Westrich, Ulrich Förstner, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLLUTANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pollutant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spare the Air alert announced for Tuesday
... Santa Clara Valley, above the 100-point level that marks pollutant levels unhealthy for asthma patients and others with respiratory problems. «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
2
Monday's outdoor outlook: Rain, rain go away
... is moderate, and means people unusually sensitive to air pollution may be mildly affected. The primary pollutant will be ozone. Water outlook:. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
3
How Do You Make Greener Fuel? Copy a Leaf
And he says, copying green plants and turning carbon dioxide into fuel source, instead of a pollutant, would be a much-needed climate change ... «KQED, Jul 15»
4
Multi-billion dollar US corporate climate pledges: At a glance
... hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-free coolers, vending machines and fountain dispensers, to ensure that its equipment will be free from the pollutant ... «Business Green, Jul 15»
5
Report: Reducing energy waste is least-costly option to implement …
... was essentially allowed by the Supreme Court's ruling in 2007 that carbon dioxide qualifies as an air pollutant subject to regulation by Clean ... «Crain's Detroit Business, Jul 15»
6
Power plant hearing goes off smoothly
... two 1,100-megawatt power generators. Egat claims that it has pulverised-coal combustion technology, which can reduce pollutant emissions. «The Nation, Jul 15»
7
Beaches near Lucinda, Hinchinbrook Island, Palm Island close …
Air searches failed to find any sign of the pollutant but the department received reports on Friday that some oil had begun to wash up on ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
8
Elimination of mercury monitoring program means Louisiana lacks …
One source of mercury is air emissions by coal-fired power plants and other facilities. After it gets in the water, the pollutant is absorbed by fish, ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
9
Letters: Iran deal beats 'endless war'
Federal regulations recognized the importance of biosolid repurposing, but state law still considered it a pollutant. By changing the law to match ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
10
Why Uganda should pay no lip service to climate change preparations
... “burial practices and corpse disposal another imminent land pollutant and space spender” and many others, everyone must be on alert on ... «New Vision, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pollutant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pollutant>. May 2024 ».
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