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photochemical smog

noun

, Meteorology.
  1. air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, especially those in automobile exhaust.

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Origin of photochemical smog1

First recorded in 1957; photo- + chemical

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