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PRISTINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immaculately clean and unused
Example:
handed her his pristine white handkerchief
Classified under:
Similar:
clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Completely free from dirt or contamination
Example:
pristine mountain snow
Classified under:
Similar:
pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)
Context examples:
Cassini is ending its 13-year tour of the Saturn system with an intentional plunge into the planet to ensure Saturn's moons - in particular Enceladus, with its subsurface ocean and signs of hydrothermal activity - remain pristine for future exploration.
(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)
While the bacteria are killed, the researchers had a pristine membrane with a high quality of nanocellulose fibres that was able to filter water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes under high operating pressure.
(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Instead we received a pulse so pristine and sharp that there is no signature of this gas at all, said coauthor Jean-Pierre Macquart, an astronomer at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University, Australia.
(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles, as well as an apparently pristine Fifth Dynasty tomb they plan to open in the coming weeks in the Saqqara necropolis, 30 km (19mi) south of Cairo.
(Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover One-Of-A-Kind Tomb South of Cairo, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Asteroids and comets are considered more or less pristine remnants from our solar system's formation, and many meteorites are prized samples from asteroids that happen to be conveniently delivered to Earth.
(Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites, NASA)
