Plural of contaminant; multiple unwanted substances or agents that make something unclean, poisoned, or hazardous.
Plural form of contaminant, from Latin contaminare plus the agent suffix -ant, creating the pattern: contaminate → contaminant → contaminants (singular → agent noun → plural).
Water testing for contaminants involves checking for everything from bacteria to industrial chemicals to radioactive particles—modern science has to hunt for thousands of invisible enemies in every glass of water.
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