| NOUN | state | air pollution | pollution of the atmosphere |
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| Meaning | pollution of the atmosphere. | |
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| Example | "air pollution reduced the visibility" | |
| Narrower | acid rain, acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
| industrial air pollution | pollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphere | |
| miasma, miasm | unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources | |
| small-particle pollution | air pollution caused by fine particles of soot (as from power plants or diesel engines) | |
| smog, smogginess | air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog | |
| Broader | pollution | undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities |
| Spanish | contaminación atmosférica, contaminación del aire | |
| Catalan | contaminació atmosfèrica | |
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