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purity

[pyoor-i-tee]

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noun

the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc..
the purity of drinking water.
freedom from any admixture or modifying addition.
ceremonial or ritual cleanness.
freedom from guilt or evil; innocence.
physical chastity; virginity.
freedom from foreign or inappropriate elements; careful correctness.
purity of expression.
Optics.��the chroma, saturation, or degree of freedom from white of a given color.
cleanness or spotlessness, as of garments.

purity

/ ˈ��ʊə��ɪ��ɪ /

the state or quality of being pure
physics a measure of the amount of a single-frequency colour in a mixture of spectral and achromatic colours

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Origin of purity¹

1175–1225; < Late Latin ��ū�� ( pure, -ity ); replacing Middle English pur ( e ) te < Anglo-French < Late Latin, as above

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That included not enriching uranium above 3.67% purity, which can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

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This is well above the level of purity sufficient for civilian nuclear power and research purposes.

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In any event, the grant terminations have nothing to do with questions of purity.

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Iran was only permitted to enrich uranium up to 3.67% purity, which can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

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Trump’s worldview may be informed by an outsized ideology, and he is clearly energized by the vigor and purity of his believers.

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