Sanitation
[sænɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sænɪ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.
(noun.) the state of being clean and conducive to health.
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
Typed by Elbert
Examples
- It was only after all this preliminary sanitation was accomplished that the real work of digging the canal could go forward with any hope of success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The more modern of them are constructed of concrete and brick, and are a picture of cleanliness and sanitation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The poor creatures were packed on the ships often with insufficient provision of food and water, without proper sanitation, without medicines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Public sentiment and the loss of trade will go far in furthering an effort toward better sanitation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- About 3,500 patents have been granted for water closets and bath appliances, and about 900 patents on sewerage alone, the most of which are directed to improved conditions of sanitation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The banths solve the problem of sanitation, at least in this respect. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Vern