fog (redirected from x-ray fog)

fog ¹  (fôg, fg)

n.

1. Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility.

2.

a. An obscuring haze, as of atmospheric dust or smoke.

b. A mist or film clouding a surface, as of a window, lens, or mirror.

3. A cloud of vaporized liquid, especially a chemical spray used in fighting fires.

4.

a. A state of mental vagueness or bewilderment.

b. Something that obscures or conceals; a haze: shrouded their actions in a fog of disinformation.

5. A blur on a developed photographic image.

v. fogged, fog·ging, fogs

v.tr.

1. To cover or envelop with or as if with fog.

2. To cause to be obscured; cloud.

3. To make vague, hazy, or confused: a memory that had been fogged by time.

4. To obscure or dim (a photographic image).

v.intr.

1. To be covered with or as if with fog.

2. To be blurred, clouded, or obscured: My glasses fogged in the warm air.

3. To be dimmed or obscured. Used of a photographic image.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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fogger n.

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fog

Noun

1. a mass of droplets of condensed water vapour suspended in the air, often greatly reducing visibility

2. Photog a blurred area on a developed negative, print, or transparency

Verb

[fogging, fogged]

to envelop or become enveloped with or as if with fog [probably from Old Norse]

foggy adj

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fog  (fôg)

1. A dense layer of cloud lying close to the surface of the ground or water and reducing visibility to less than 1 km (0.62 mi). Fog occurs when the air temperature becomes identical, or nearly identical, to the dew point.

2. An opaque or semiopaque condensation of a substance floating in a region or forming on a surface.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fog - droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground aerosol - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas fogbank - a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) ice fog, pogonip - a dense winter fog containing ice particles mist - a thin fog with condensation near the ground pea-souper, pea soup - a heavy thick yellow fog
	2.	fog - an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance fogginess, murk, murkiness atmospheric state, atmosphere - the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog" fug - (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
	3.	fog - confusion characterized by lack of clarity daze, haze confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
Verb	1.	fog - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" becloud, befog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure, mist, cloud conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" overshadow - cast a shadow upon; "The tall tree overshadowed the house"

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fog

noun 1. mist, gloom, haze, smog, murk, miasma, murkiness, peasouper (informal)

noun 2. stupor, confusion, trance, daze, haze, disorientation

verb 3. mist over or up, cloud over, steam up, become misty

verb 4. daze, cloud, dim, muddle, blind, confuse, obscure, bewilder, darken, perplex, stupefy, befuddle, muddy the waters, obfuscate, blear, becloud, bedim

Translations

fog [fɔg] n → niebla

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fog [fɔg] n → brouillard m

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fog [fɔg] n → Nebel m

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fog [fɔg] n → nebbia