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smog

(smŏg, smôg)

1. Fog that has become mixed and polluted with smoke.

2. A form of air pollution produced by the photochemical reaction of sunlight with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides that have been released into the atmosphere, especially by automotive emissions.

[sm(oke) + (f)og.]

smog′gy adj.

smog′less adj.

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Adj.

smoggy - clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles"

cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

smoggy

adjective

Heavy, dark, or dense, especially with impurities:

hazy, murky, turbid.

Translations

smoggy

[ˈsmɒgɪ] ADJ [city] → envuelto de niebla tóxica; [sky] → cubierto de niebla tóxica; [air] → cargado con niebla tóxica

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smoggy

[ˈsmɒgi] adj [city, town] → noyé(e) dans le smog

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

smoggy

adj (+er) city, sky, air → versmogt

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