haze
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3.4
- noun
- /heɪz/
:
calina
- The suburbs were choking in haze that smelled like incinerator smoke.
- haze and pollution
- pollutants in the haze
- covered by a haze
But Mary LRS, which is the mid infrared, you can see through haze because the particle sizes become really small.
- But Mary LRS, which is the mid infrared, you can see through haze because the particle sizes become really small.
Examples
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The thickest concentrations of haze occur over the Alaskan north slope.
Academic text (1992) -
So when we look up, we are actually seeing a blue haze blocking out space.
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As I was flying in here, I noticed there was so much haze.
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And when they do that, it's called haze and it reduces the visual range.
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Sweet mint tea in a thick slow-moving haze of smoke.
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The dropping water spread a rainbow haze over grasses and wildflowers of the cove.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sunbeams, sparkling through San Francisco haze, brushed Magnus; breezes reached him from Japan, China.
Fiction book (1992) -
The haze over the city made it hard to see the skyline clearly.
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In the mountain range, a thick haze settled into the valleys, obscuring the view.
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As the sun rose, the morning haze gradually lifted, revealing the landscape.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thick cloud of tiny water drops near the ground that makes it hard to see
115
1.0
A thin fog near the ground that makes it hard to see
38
2.0
A mix of smoke and fog that makes the air dirty
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8.1
A thick darkness that makes it hard to see
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1.3
A heavy cloud near the ground that makes it hard to see far
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5.9
Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air
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3.2
A liquid or the sky that is not clear because it has small bits in it
A thin mist in the air that makes things hard to see
A thin cloud near the ground that makes things hard to see
A lot of fog in the air that makes it hard to see
A state when the air is full of mist and looks cloudy
Dirty, smoky air that makes breathing and seeing difficult
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How Hazy
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Etymology
The word haze comes from an old English word for 'mist' or 'fog', so imagine a thin cloud of dust, smoke, or moisture that blurs the view. That's why a haze is a light cover in the lower air that makes it hard to see clearly.