smog
IPA: smˈɑg
noun
- A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
verb
- (informal) To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.
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Examples of "smog" in Sentences
- The smog in Beijing really is bad.
- The smog is not there all the time.
- The city is often shrouded in smog.
- The smog phenomenon contaminated the skies.
- Perhaps the smog in the city I live is getting to me.
- The smog makes the scene only more unpleasant, of course.
- The same breezes help keep the smog away 360 days of the year.
- He developed an ozone test to measure the intensity of the smog.
- For the first time in the Ruhr district, a Smog alarm is given on the 17th.
- In the winter, storms help to clear the smog and it is not as much of a problem.
- The term smog was first used in 1905 to describe the conditions of fog that had soot or smoke in it.
- True, the smog is not quite so thick and unhealthy as in Monterrey itself, but over time will prove intolerable. jerezano
- In general the term smog has become connected to a situation where visibility is significantly impaired as a result of local air pollution.
- The term smog, a contraction of smoke and fog, was introduced in 1905 by Dr. H.A. des Vœux to describe the mixture of soot, sulfuric acid, and other pollutants in emissions from coal furnaces in London.
- I remember when there was real pollution, on most days Los Angeles was so covered in smog you could not see the mountains or the city skyline; trash everywhere, the smell of leaded gas filled our noses.
- Estimating the economic cost of our addiction is difficult; direct subsidies to oil and oil using systems are often complex and artfully concealed but estimates calculate the subsidy at around $20 per barrel of oil; but what "cost" should we add for a child who develops asthma from breathing in smog?