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dry fogs

dry fogs is the plural of dry fog.

Meaning of dry fog

Noun

dry fog (plural dry fogs)

  1. A fog or haze made up of dust or smoke particles, which consequently does not moisten exposed surfaces.
  2. A fog of liquid droplets, occurring when the humidity or dew point would not normally allow fog, due to the droplets consisting of or being coated in an oil that prevents them from evaporating.
    • This simple though important technical application suggested to me a condition of things under which the existence of so-called 'dry fog' would be possible. From our manufactories and domestic fires vast aggregate quantities of coal-tar and paraffin oil are daily distilled into the atmosphere, and...1879, E. Frankland, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, volume 28, page 240

Questions about dry fogs

What is dry fogs the plural of?
Dry fogs is the plural of dry fog.

Words near dry fogs in the dictionary

  1. dry fires
  2. dry firing
  3. dry flies
  4. dry fly
  5. dry fog
  6. dry fogs
  7. dry food
  8. Dry Fork
  9. dry ginger
  10. dry gingers
  11. dry goods

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