PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG


Meaning of PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG in English

Meteorol.

air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, esp. those in automobile exhaust. Also called oxidant smog, smog .

[ 1957; PHOTO- + CHEMICAL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .