(n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.
(v. t.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.
(v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
(n.) Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.
(n.) A state of mental confusion.
(v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.
(v. i.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fog and base levels of E-speed film were greater than those of D-speed film.
(2) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
(3) Poor workplace health and safety, inadequate toilet facilities and dangerous fumes from mosquito fogging that led to one asylum seeker with asthma collapsing were all raised as concerns by Kilburn, although he stressed that he believed G4S management and expatriate G4S staff acted appropriately.
(4) fog embryos do not form a normal posterior midgut and although their germbands do elongate, they do not extend dorsally.
(5) The presence of a fogging effect was seen by CT on day 12 and MRI revealed a high signal intensity in the region of the basal ganglia in T 1 image, a high signal intensity in the peripheral region and a low signal intensity in the center in T 2 image.
(6) Two models are discussed for how fog-2 might positively regulate the fem genes and fog-1 to permit spermatogenesis; fog-2 may act as a negative regulator of tra-2 and tra-3, or fog-2 may act positively on the fem genes and fog-1 rendering them insensitive to the negative action of tra-2 and tra-3.
(7) The data pertaining to the radiographic contrast and relative speed values were calculated from the step-wedge curve and, together with the base plus fog values, were tabulated.
(8) On one side stand the FOGs – the Friends of George – and on the other stand the FOBs – the Friends of Boris.
(9) The same intrepid, almost naive, fascination with a world shrouded in the icy fog of snobbery, deference, and class-consciousness animated Sampson.
(10) The SR calcium ATPase activity of the different fibres varied in the FG greater than FOG greater than SO order, while myoglobin immunoreactivity in the FOG greater than SO greater than FG order.
(11) In contrast to the fog focus, no particular cell must be wild type in tsg mosaics for survival.
(12) An exact dosage is possible only by measuring the fog flow and when the exact density of fog is known.
(13) Wanamaker ultimately helped show us much about the theatre of the past – which can help us towards a bolder future – but also much about the English character, which had perhaps been lost in the great fog of empire and post-empire.
(14) The green patches are of scattered low clouds (stratocumulus, stratus, fog).
(15) Traumatised victims fleeing the fog of war gave accounts of what they saw.
(16) See the bullet holes in street lamps... the shrouded vision in the clouds and the fog of the buildings from which the shots came... the photographs of those who lost their lives.. the people who put themselves on the line for the future of Ukraine.” Kerry said he spoke spontaneously with Ukrainians gathered there, who pleaded with him not to go back to life as it was under Yanukovych.
(17) Then the judges said my name, and I can’t really remember what happened … it was all a bit of a fog.
(18) Blair’s business decision might thin the fog of rage – and help Labour | Jonathan Freedland Read more The scaling back of commercial activities may remove a second millstone around his reputation, although critics will say he has already made substantial sums from his businesses, including from some authoritarian regimes.
(19) According to the Met Office, the forecast for London and the south-east once the fog lifts is, "largely dry with broken cloud and sunny spells developing.
(20) Ingestion of an improperly stored liquid pesticide was the most common route of intoxication (76% of patients); five (14%) children became intoxicated after playing on carpets and floors of homes that had been sprayed or fogged by unlicensed exterminators.
Humidity
Definition:
(n.) Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.
Example Sentences:
(1) at -35 degrees C and as long as 10 hours at -5 degrees C. However, C. bovis died within 72-96 hours in muscles of cattle carcasses subjected to the activity of the temperatures minus 18-19 degrees C at a relative humidity of 86-90% under conditions of an industrial cold storage plant.
(2) Temperature, relative humidity, and air movement around the package can influence the permeability of the film.
(3) Infrared linear dichroism investigations indicate that the alternating poly[d(A-T)]-poly[d(A-T)], enzymatically synthesized, adopts a lower humidity a well-expressed A* form in which stability is relatively small,i.e., restricted to limited relative humidity.
(4) The influence of salt mixtures consisting of Ca(H2PO4)2, trace elements, CaSO4, CaCO3, Na2CO3, NaCl and K2SO4 in different combinations on the nitrifying power, evolution of carbon dioxide and the total number of bacteria was studied in arid soils (sandy and alluvial) and semi-humid ones (chernozem and rendzina).
(5) We assessed the longitudinal distribution of intra-airway heat and water exchanges and their effects on airway wall temperature by directly measuring respiratory fluctuations in airstream temperature and humidity, as well as airway wall temperature, at multiple sites along the airways of endotracheally intubated dogs.
(6) The structural transitions B leads to A and B leads to C measured as a function of relative humidities were not affected by formation of complexes with both basic polypeptides.
(7) The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ageing on textiles (17.5 months), air temperature (25-45 degrees C) and relative air humidity (RH) (45-85%) on the CH2O release rate from 6 kinds of drapers and furniture coverings.
(8) In the absence of other factors known to influence sectioning properties, high environmental relative humidity is shown to yield poorly embedded tissue.
(9) At 10% humidity the half-life-time was only 55 min.
(10) The effects of a number of drugs, potassium and calcium ions, and air humidity on mucociliary function were studied in isolated preparations of rats bronchial tree.
(11) Minimum relative humidity and maximum and minimum temperatures on day of evening sample were associated with 1.6 to 5.6% of variability within lactation (range for two breeds) of milk and milk constituent yields and 1.1 to 16.5% of constituent percentages.
(12) The correlation analysis applied showed that the parameters most markedly influencing the grain concentration of most taxa were the temperature and humidity.
(13) A difference density map obtained from data on purple membrane films at 15% relative humidity in 2H2O, and the same sample after complete drying in vacuum, revealed that about eight of these protons belong to four water molecules.
(14) The facility presents uniform fields under controlled temperature and humidity.
(15) Humidity has been postulated as a primary determinant of particle charge during aerosol generation.
(16) At high humidities up to 98%, an increase in bacteria cannot be detected.
(17) Successful colonization and invasion of experimentally inoculated feathers required addition of moisture and elevation of relative humidity within the cultures.
(18) These samples were collected from atmospheres of either analyte generated at 35 degrees-40 degrees C and 80%-90% relative humidity to simulate an exhaled breath sample matrix.
(19) It has been established that the structure of the hormone includes a set of regular helical forms which varies considerably with the humidity and dielectric constant of the medium.
(20) The presence of Daubentonia in southern Madagascar does not demonstrate that this region was markedly more humid or densely forested in the recent past.