"air pollution" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} air pollution (uncountable)
  1. The contamination of the atmosphere by noxious gases and particulates. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (contamination of the atmosphere by noxious gases and particulates): lugbesoedeling (Afrikaans), ᎤᏃᎴ ᎧᏁᏌᏢ (unole kanesatlv) (Cherokee), 空氣污染 (Chinese Mandarin), 空气污染 (kōngqì wūrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), luftforurening [common-gender] (Danish), luchtvervuiling [feminine] (Dutch), luftdálking [feminine] (Faroese), luftdálkan [feminine] (Faroese), ilman saastuminen (Finnish), pollution atmosphérique [feminine] (French), ჰაერის დაბინძურება (haeris dabinʒureba) (Georgian), Luftverschmutzung [feminine] (German), Luftverunreinigung [feminine] (German), levegőszennyezés (Hungarian), légszennyezés (Hungarian), légszennyeződés (Hungarian), loftmengun [feminine] (Icelandic), inquinamento atmosferico [masculine] (Italian), inquinamento dell'aria [masculine] (Italian), 大気汚染 (taiki-osen) (alt: たいきおせん) (Japanese), pencemaran udara (Malay), അന്തരീക്ഷമലിനീകരണം (antarīkṣamalinīkaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), luftforurensning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luftforureining (Norwegian Nynorsk), آلودگی هوا (âludegi-ye havâ) (Persian), poluição atmosférica [feminine] (Portuguese), poluição do ar [feminine] (Portuguese), poluarea aerului [feminine] (Romanian), загрязне́ние во́здуха (zagrjaznénije vózduxa) [neuter] (Russian), contaminación ambiente [feminine] (Spanish), polución del aire (Spanish), luftförorening [common-gender] (Swedish), hava kirliliği (Turkish), забру́днення пові́тря (zabrúdnennja povítrja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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