MORPHOLOGY
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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MORPHOLOGY. In
LINGUISTICS, the study of the structure of words, as opposed to
SYNTAX, the study of the arrangement of words in the higher units of phrases, clauses, and sentences. The two major branches are
inflectional morphology (the study of inflections) and
lexical morphology (the study of
WORD-FORMATION). See
ACCIDENCE,
INFLECTION,
LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY,
MORPHEME.
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Smog season.(BYTES OF NOTE)
Magazine article from: Environment; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...education/secondary/students/smog.html and http://www.ace...Quality/Older/Great_London_Smog.html). These two tragic events...html). The Donora and London smogs were examples of "sulfurous smog," which arises from burning...
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SMOG TEST EXEMPTIONS COULD GROW.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 5/17/1997; 700+ words
; ...In a state with the nation's toughest smog laws, two movements to exempt millions...newest and oldest vehicles from the biennial smog check are speeding along in the fast lane...governor's advisory panel on the state's Smog Check program predicts that within a year...
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SMOG FINALLY GETS ITS DAY IN THE SUN; MEDIA JUMPS ON DIRTY AIR'S ANTI-UV PROPERTIES, BUT WAS IT ALL A SMOKE SCREEN?(L.A. LIFE)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 1/19/1998; 700+ words
; ...of Los Angeles' best-known products: smog. Word spread quickly in several scientific...to initial accounts, said particles in smog act as a protective barrier between our...underneath a hot sun, albeit through a haze of smog. ``Who needs expensive sunblock when...
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UGH! SMOG IS BACK; STAGE 1 ALERTS REVERSE 6-YEAR DECLINE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 7/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...has suffered six times as many Stage 1 smog alerts as last year - and nearly as many as during the entire 1996 smog season. The San Fernando and Santa Clarita...only seven weeks after the May 31 start of smog season, Southern California had suffered...
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Smog Check Program Begins in San Francisco, Calif., Area.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...Jun. 25--Drivers re...uired to undergo smog checks in the early days of a new anti-smog program could pay at least $70 for an upgraded test that used to cost $30. The Smog Check II program starts July 1 in the Bay Area...
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`Golden Smog' Lifts Musicians Into Stratosphere
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/21/1996; ; 700+ words
; Golden Smog 9 tonight; 9 p.m. Thursday; 10 p.m...Admission, $10 (312) 525-6620 Golden Smog 9 tonight; 9 p.m. Thursday; 10 p.m...525-6620 The sky is the limit for Golden Smog. A country-rock supergroup, Golden Smog...
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Unocal smog fighter program begins today. (Los Angeles Basin)
PR Newswire; 7/2/1990; 700+ words
; UNOCAL SMOG FIGHTER PROGRAM BEGINS TODAY LOS ANGELES, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Unocal's (NYSE: UCL) Smog Fighter program begins today, offering free smog checks and low- emission adjustments for 1974 model and...
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Donora Smog Museum recalls historic reform
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 2/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...passed, the borough became shrouded in toxic smog. Pollution from the event caused the deaths of...Mid Mon Valley is the reason behind the Donora Smog Museum. Residents formed the Donora Smog Committee late last year with the goal of making...
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EPA eases up on smog-check test sites issue.
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/10/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...the smoggiest parts of the state to be "smog checked" at government-run testing sites...and then to private service stations for smog-related repairs, if needed. Currently, all cars in the state must get a smog check on a bi-annual basis at a state...
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Summer Smog Season Is Also Asthma Season: Which Cars Help Kids Breathe Easier?
News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service; 6/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...hospital. Summer brings more sun, more driving, and more smog. More smog means more asthma sufferers must reach for their inhalers...are harmed most. Drivers can cut their contribution to smog by driving less and driving cleaner cars. But which...
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Smog
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...called London-type smog, because of famous incidents...the 1950s. Reducing smogs first became common when...or Los Angeles-type smogs have supplanted reducing smog in importance in most...countries. Oxidizing smogs are common in sunny places...
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smog
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...compounds into the air. The brown smog characteristic of Los Angeles...of cool air at the ground. Smog usually results in reduced visibility...other materials. Prolonged smogs (generally caused by temperature...the result of an unremitting smog in 1948 in Donora, Pa., more...
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Smog (Air Pollution)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
SMOG (AIR POLLUTION) "Smog" is a popular term used to describe polluted air. It was originally...United States in the decades that followed. In the United Kingdom, the smog was black and acidic, while the smog in California was lighter in...
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photochemical smog
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
photochemical smog A noxious smog produced by the reaction of nitrogen oxides with hydrocarbons in the presence of ultraviolet light from the sun. The reaction is very complex and one of the products is ozone. See also air pollution .
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data smog
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
data smog an overwhelming excess of information, especially that obtained as the result of an Internet search.
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