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mist: see fog fog, aggregation of water droplets or ice crystals immediately above the surface of the earth (i.e., a cloud near the ground). A light or thin fog is usually called a mist. Fog may occur when the moisture content of the air is increased beyond the saturation point. ..... Click the link for more information. . mist 1. a thin fog resulting from condensation in the air near the earth's surface 2. Meteorol such an atmospheric condition with a horizontal visibility of 1--2 kilometres 3. Chem a colloidal suspension of a liquid in a gas |
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The mist was heavier yet when I got out upon the marshes, so that instead of my running at everything, everything seemed to run at me. There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none. We are surrounded by dripping white mist so dense that we become invisible to one another at a distance of half a dozen yards. |
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