afsmitning

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Danish

Etymology

smitte af +‎ -ning

Noun

afsmitning c (singular definite afsmitningen, plural indefinite afsmitninger)

  1. a contamination, a staining; a transfer of substances between contacting surfaces on contact
    • 2013, Bødker & Bruun, Før døden lukker mine øjne, Modtryk, →ISBN:
      ... som på stedet kunne fortælle om en plet skyldtes afsmitning af blod.
      ... which could, at the scene, determine if a spot was due to staining of blood.
    • 1985, Det Danske bogmarked:
      I visse tilfælde med kassation af hele oplaget til følge, fordi der var sket en afsmitning.
      In some cases resulting in the discarding of the entire edition, because a contamination had taken place.
  2. a stain thus created
    • 2014, Ole Brockmann, Fældende beviser: En kriminaltekniker fortæller, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Afsmitningerne på gulvet var stort set forsøgt vasket væk, ...
      The stains on the floor had more or less been attempted to be washed away, ...
  3. (per extension) an affecting, a passing of conceptions, beliefs etc.
    • 1992, Historisk tidsskrift:
      Kirkens disciplin synes imidlertid heller ikke på dette punkt at have haft gennemgribende virkning, og selv om der nok skete en afsmitning på de folkelige forestillinger fra den lærde dæmonologi, ...
      The church discipline does not, however, seem to have had a significant effect in this respect, either, and although an affecting of folksy conceptions by scholarly demonology probably did take place, ...
    • 2014, Mette Saaby Nielsen, Matematikvanskeligheder i en inkluderende skole: Om forebyggende didaktik og organisering af faglig støtte, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 122:
      Ligesom deltagere giver sin deltagelse retning i den enkelte kontekst, sker der ifølge Dreier (1999, 2002) også interkontekstuelle afsmitninger, ...
      Just as participants give their participation direction in the specific context, according to Dreier (1999, 2002), intercontextual affectings also take place, ...

Declension

Declension of afsmitning
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afsmitning afsmitningen afsmitninger afsmitningerne
genitive afsmitnings afsmitningens afsmitningers afsmitningernes

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