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photochemical smog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-chem-i-cal s-mog
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Air pollution caused by photochemical reactions involving hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants, especially in still air over cities.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

photochemical smogs (plural)

Synonyms

summer smog

Questions

What does photochemical smog mean?
Air pollution caused by photochemical reactions involving hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants, especially in still air over cities.

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