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• smog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, [weather] inversion. See cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pollution, air pollution, fog, haze, fumes, exhaust, mist, dirty fog, smoke haze, smaze; see also fog 1 . See Synonym Study at… …   English dictionary for students

• Smoke — is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases [ [http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire95/PDF/f95126.pdf Smoke Production and Properties ] SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering] emitted when a material undergoes… …   Wikipedia