Science / Weather / Air Pollution: The soiling of the atmosphere by contaminants to the point that may cause injury to health, property, plant, or animal life, or prevent the use and enjoyment of the outdoors.
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Air Noun Synonyms: atmosphere, ambience, aura, climate, feeling, sense, mood, quality
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Pollution Verb Synonyms: contamination, adulteration, corruption, polluting, fouling, befouling, soiling, spoiling, tainting, staining, dirtying, sullying, blighting, poisoning, vitiation
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Business / Agriculture / Clean Air Act: The primary federal law governing efforts to control air pollution. Federal legislation addressing air pollution was first adopted in 1955 (Air Pollution Control Act, P.L. 84-159) to provide research MORE
Business / Finance / Impaired Credit: When a company's total capital is less than the par value of all its capital stock. MORE
Health / Dentistry / Impairment: An alteration of health status, assessed by objective medical criteria. This is a medical finding. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Indicated Airspeed (IAS): A direct instrument reading obtained from an air speed indicator uncorrected for altitude, temperature, atmospheric density, or instrument error. Compare CALIBRATED AIRSPEED and TRUE AIRSPEED. MORE
Science / Chemistry / Inert Pair: Valence electrons in an s orbital penetrate to the nucleus better than electrons in p orbitals, and as a result they're more tightly bound to the nucleus and less able to participate in bond formation MORE
Business / Real Estate / Indoor Air: Breathing air inside a habitable structure, often highly polluted because of lack of exchange with fresh oxygen from outdoors. Solvents, smoke, paints, furniture glues, carpet padding, and other synth MORE