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Smog logo #10101) Air apparent 2) Contamination 3) Haze 4) Mist 5) Pall 6) Smogginess
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Smog logo #10101) LA air problem 2) LA flaw 3) LA haze 4) LA issue 5) LA layer 6) LA nuisance 7) LA or Houston problem 8) LA plague 9) LA weather report 10) LA weather word 11) LA woe 12) Adulterated air 13) Air apparent 14) Air blight 15) Air impurifier 16) Air pollutant 17) Air polluter 18) Air pollution 19) Air pollution portmanteau
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smog logo #22277Pollution formed by the interaction of pollutants and sunlight (photochemical smog), usually restricting visibility, and occasionally hazardous to health.
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Smog logo #22827A photochemical haze that is produced when sunlight reacts with the emissions of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen in the atmosphere. Primarily caused by excess automobile exhaust, it is a form of air pollution that can be threatening to human health.
Found on http://needtoknow.nas.edu/energy/glossary/

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Smog logo #21673A word currently used as a synonym for general air pollution. It was originally created by combining the words "smoke" and "fog."
Found on http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/smog.html

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Smog logo #20144Dirty fog produced by air pollution in cities, and often occurring beneath a temperature inversion. The action of sunlight can produce photo-chemical smog.
Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/glossary/s.shtml

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smog logo #21003community-wide polluted air. Although the term is derived from the words smoke and fog, it is commonly used to describe the pall of automotive or ... [10 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

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smog logo #20732A fog containing fumes, or a photochemical haze caused by the action of ultraviolet radiation on hydrocarbons and NOx from automobile exhaust.
Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/1499-Smog

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smog logo #21161Air pollution associated with oxidants.
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Smog logo #20634A mixture of smoke and fog associated with urban and industrial areas
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smog logo #20973A mixture of smoke and fog polluting the atmosphere. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Smog logo #21292A mixture of pollutants, principally ground-level ozone, produced by chemical reactions in the air involving smog-forming chemicals. A major portion of smog-formers comes from burning of petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline. Other smog-formers, volatile organic compounds, are found in products such as paints and solvents. Smog can harm health, da...
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Smog logo #22268Pollution formed by the interaction of pollutants and sunlight (photochemical smog), usually restricting visibility, and occasionally hazardous to health.
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smog logo #10444(Learning Modules / Geography / Geography of energy) A mixture of smoke pollutants and fog
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Smog logo #20668is a mixture of smoke, chemical pollutants and fog (dispersed water droplets). Smog hit many UK cities in the 1950s and early 1960s, killing nearly 5000 elderly people.
Found on http://www.epaw.co.uk/EPT/glossary.html

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Smog logo #22274Air pollution caused by a mixture of smoke and fog.
Found on http://www.metcheck.com/OTHER/glossary.asp

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Smog logo #21028Generic term used to describe mixtures of pollutants in the atmosphere. Also see industrial smog and photochemical smog.
Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/s.html

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Smog logo #23009A form of air pollution, dark, thick dust laden sulphurous fog that pollutes the atmosphere in industrial cities.
Found on http://www.vidyagyaan.com/general-knowledge/basic-chemistry-element-terms-a

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smog logo #10133currently used as a synonym for general air pollution; it was originally created by combining the words smoke and fog.
Found on https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glossary?page=22

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Smog logo #20094Air pollution typically associated with oxidants. (See photochemical smog.)
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smog logo #20128Air pollution associated with oxidants.
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Smog logo #20855Originally a combination of smoke and fog, now used to describe other mixtures of air pollutants, especially ozone and other compounds formed when strong sunlight acts on a mixture of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds from motor vehicle exhaust.
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smog logo #20974smogginess noun air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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smog logo #21221Natural fog containing impurities, mainly nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from domestic fires, industrial furnaces, certain power stations, and internal-combustion engines (petrol or diesel). It can cause substantial illness and loss of life, particularly among chronic bronchitics, and damage t...
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smog logo #21571A local alteration in the atmosphere caused by human activity; mainly an urban problem that is often due to pollutants produced by fuel combustion.
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