pollutionary en · ADJ
Etymology
From pollution + -ary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to pollution.
The Chemistry Unit now provides regular operation using the Atomic Absorption Instrument for precise and rapid determination of rather minute quantities of metallic ions present in water. Its usefulness is especially significant in the area of detection of toxic metals, such as lead, chromium and cadmium which may enter the water supply through pollutionary sources.
1969, A Statistical Supplement to the 1969 Annual Report of the Department Of Water & Sewers, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., →OCLC, page 43:No pollutionary matter of any moment escapes from this factory into the sewers, although, if care were not taken, pollution might occur of considerable intensity.
1875 January 1, “Vacation Letter. [By an Independent Member.]”, in The Birmingham Daily Post, volume XXIII, number 5,140, Birmingham, published 2 January 1875, →OCLC, page 6, column 1:Thus the concomitant of the booty of FHA suburban loans is the ulcer, the crippling crash, the pollutionary lung cancer, and the highway tax bill that are created by the long auto ride.
1970, Arthur I[rwin] Waskow, “The Three-Hundred-Years War”, in Running Riot: A Journey Through the Official Disasters and Creative Disorder in American Society (An Azimuth Book), New York, N.Y.: Herder and Herder, →LCCN, →OCLC, part I (White After Black: From Sit-In to Mutiny), page 56: