contamination

presence of an unwanted constituent, harmful substance or impurity in a material, physical body, or environment
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contamination

Summary

contamination is a type of problem[1]. contamination draws 399 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_problem category, ranking #11 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • contamination's instance of is recorded as type of problem[3].
  • contamination is a type of presence[4].
  • contamination is a type of process[5].
  • contamination is a type of problem[6].
  • contamination's Commons category is recorded as Contamination[7].
  • contamination is the opposite of decontamination[8].
  • contamination's different from is recorded as Verschmutzung[9].
  • contamination's studied by is recorded as pollution and contamination[10].
  • contamination's does not have characteristic is recorded as intention[11].
  • contamination's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as decontamination[12].
  • contamination's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as contamination control[13].

Body

Definition and Type

contamination's instance of is recorded as type of problem[3]. Recorded subclass of include presence[4], process[5], and problem[6]. contamination is the opposite of decontamination[8].

Why It Matters

contamination draws 399 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_problem category, ranking #11 of 17).[2] contamination has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] contamination is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . osha.gov. osha.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pda.org. pda.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Does not have characteristic intention
    Studied by pollution and contamination
    Instance of
    Subclass of presence, process, problem
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28588, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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