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smog Definition

smog (smäg, smôg)

noun

  1. Archaic a noxious mixture of fog and smoke
  2. a low-lying, perceptible layer of polluted air

Etymology: sm(oke) + (f)og

smog Related Forms
smoggy adjective -·gier, -·gi·est
smog Synonyms

smog

n.

pollution, air pollution, fog, haze, fumes, exhaust, mist, dirty fog, smoke haze, smaze; see also fog 1. See syn. study at mist.

smog Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • 1950s: The great smogs of the early 1950s influenced him toward becoming a chest physician.

Converse of object

  • reduce: Hybrid cars can reduce smog up to 90 % and can get much better fuel economy then a normal engine.
  • cause: An east wind would blow smoke back into London, causing heavy smog.
  • produce: In the exhaust fumes of cars it reacted readily with oxygen to produce smog, increasing the risk of asthma.
  • create: The exhaust filters on red double-deckers, those icons of London streets, are in trouble for creating more smog.

Adjective modifier

  • photochemical: The surface of this moon is hidden beneath a thick orange photochemical smog.
  • thick: The thick smog of smoke by the evening also caused problems for many.
  • urban: VOCs evaporate easily and contribute to the creation of urban smogs.
  • photo-chemical: To introduce photo-chemical smog, and the four factors necessary for its formation.

Modifies a noun

  • alert: Second inversion: Reason for second stage smog alert.
  • chamber: A newly developed procedure to perform smog chamber runs will be employed.
  • formation: To introduce the role of surface coating in smog formation.
  • warning: Summer smog season commences The short hot weather spell toward the end of June prompted the first official summer smog warning.
  • test: The location of the smog test is almost always the neighborhood where the car lives.
  • level: Smog levels at 25 sites broke health limits [ 2 ] every day from Monday 4th to Sunday 10th August.

Noun used with modifier

  • summertime: Summertime smog, or ozone, is also caused by traffic.
  • summer: Summer smog season commences The short hot weather spell toward the end of June prompted the first official summer smog warning.
  • winter: Far more than are actually needed they contribute in a major way to the pollution which causes winter smogs.
  • data: I've developed a variety of data smog filters myself over the years.
  • city: When the boom times returned, the fight faded into the city smog.
smog Quotes

New York is one of the capitals of the world and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic. San Francisco is a lady, Boston has become Urban Renewal, Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington blink like dull diamonds in the smog of Eastern Megalopolis, and New Orleans is unremarkable past the French Quarter. Detroit is a one- trade town, Pittsburgh has lost its golden triangle. St Louis has become the golden arch of the corporation, and nights in Kansas City close early. The oil depletion allowance makes Houston and Dallas naught but checkerboards for this sort of game. But Chicago is a great American city. Perhaps it is the last of the great American cities.

—Mailer, Norman Kingsley