Definitions for Pollutant
pəˈlut ntpol·lu·tant

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1. pollutantnoun

   waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil

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1. pollutantnoun

   A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

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1. Pollutant

   A pollutant or novel entity is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. These can be both naturally forming (i.e. minerals or extracted compounds like oil) or anthropogenic in origin (i.e. manufactured materials or byproducts from biodegradation). Pollutants result in environmental pollution or become public health concerns when they reach a concentration high enough to have significant negative impacts. 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 the degradation of DDT. Pollution has widespread negative impacts on the environment. When analyzed from a planetary boundaries perspective, human society has released novel entities that well exceed safe levels.

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1. pollutant

   A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesirable effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. It can be harmful or poisonous to living organisms and often occurs as a result of human activity. Pollutants can be in the form of solids, liquids, gases, noise, light, or heat. Examples include carbon dioxide, plastic waste, pesticides, oil spills, and noise from vehicles or industrial processes.

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1. 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.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pollutant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pollutant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pollutant in a Sentence

1. Meleah Geertsma:

   Meaningful progress in combating this potent climate pollutant will require an industrywide cleanup - from infrastructure new and old, nationwide. We are hopeful today's announcement is just the beginning.

2. Rose Cory:

   Besides the fact that material mostly comes from the surface, the age-related bioaccumulation also increases these pollutant concentrations, bringing more threat to these most remote ecosystems. what is really novel here is not just that carbon from the surface ocean can reach the deep ocean on relatively short timescales, but that the young carbon produced in the surface ocean is fueling, or sustaining, life in the deepest trenches.

3. Amy Shah:

   We see people all the time that have asthma attacks during high ozone days, and high pollutant days, not just in the cities also in the suburbs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pollutant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pollutant
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollutant
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pollutant