advection fog

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noun advection fog fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface. 1
noun advection fog (physics, meteorology) A type of fog caused by the passage of moist air horizontally over a relatively colder surface and the consequent cooling of that air to below its dew point. 0

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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