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CLEAN AIR

Specialty Definition: CLEAN AIR

DomainDefinition

Environment

Air which is (relatively) devoid of solid, liquid or gaseous pollutant materials. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CLEAN AIR

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
CLANEnglishClean Air Society in the NetherlandsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: CLEAN AIR

Specialty definitions using "CLEAN AIR": Acid deposition / acid rain, adverse impact on an AQRV, Affected Landfill, air intake, Asbestos-Containing Waste Materials, Attainment areaBACT-Best Available Control TechnologyC.P. Hemborn dust extractor, CAA, class I area, class II area, Clean Air Act, Clean Coal Technology, Construction Ban, Criteria pollutant, Criteria PollutantsDesignated PollutantHazardous Air PollutantsINTEGRATED RESOURCEPLANNINGMajor Modification, Maximum Available Control Technology, Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances, Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerNew Source Review, nonattainment area, Non-Attainment Area, Non-road emissionsPM-10/PM-2.5, Point source pollution, Prevention of Significant Deteriorationreversed bratticingspecialised purging system, State Implementation Plan. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CLEAN AIR

DomainTitle

Books

  • Proceedings of the specialty conference on transportation and the 1977 Clean air act amendments, Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, California, November 12-14, 1979 (reference)

  • Clean Coal/Dirty Air: Or How the Clean Air Act Became a Multibillion-Dollar Bail-Out for High-Sulfur Coal Producers and What Should Be Done About It (reference)

  • Complying With Clean Air Act Regulations: Issues and Techniques (reference)

  • Clean Air Act amendments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on Title VI--Ozone depleting substances, August 1, 1995 (reference)

  • Environmental benefits and impact on moderate-sized businesses of employee commute options required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Development of Rural Enterprises, Exports, and the Environment of the Committe (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Blue Sky Awards : Clean Air Initiative (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: CLEAN AIR

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A last look at the Clean Air Facility before leaving the pole on C-130. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The geodesic dome and skylab as seen from the old Clean Air Facility at South Pole Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Aerial view of South Pole Station - Clean Air Facility visible in upper right. This was taken after several years of drifting snow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Watching the sun set in mid-March from the Clean Air Facility - observers taking photographs. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

March sunset silhouetting the Clean Air Facility. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A bizarre effect of time-lapse photography makes Clean Air Facility appear to be illuminated by triangular shaft of reflected sunlight. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Delivering supplies to the Clean Air Facility in Antarctic winter darkness. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Moon over the Clean Air Facility. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Point Barrow in the winter. A Clean Air Atmospheric Observatoru located here. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Clean Air Atmospheric Observatory on right of picture. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CLEAN AIR

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

As a COPD patient, you need clean air. Therefore, you should also avoid being around smokers and fume-laden air. During fog or smog, try to stay indoors with windows closed. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

The Carpathian region provides a unique combination of mountains, clean air, curative spas, historic sites and ethnic culture. (references)

Korea

Korea's clean air investment will focus on the de-sulfurization in private industries, the expansion of clean fuel supplies, and the reduction of automobile pollution in large cities and industrial complexes. (references)

Indonesia

Indonesian public and private sector planners continue to be very interested in American environmental equipment and technology, and the US-Asia Environmental Partnership (USAEP) program has run very successful clean air and clean water projects. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: CLEAN AIR

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

The environmentalist wackos have actually set themselves up rather brilliantly, because everybody is for clean water and clean air.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: CLEAN AIR

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We look forward to the enactment of a responsible Clean Air Act to increase jobs while continuing to improve the quality of our air.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Clean water and clean air.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: CLEAN AIR

Expressions using "CLEAN AIR": clean air act Clean Air for Europe Programme. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CLEAN AIR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

clean air

208

clean air product

7

clean air act

182

clean air gardening

6

clean air filter

25

clean air task force

6

clean air conditioner

21

clean air purifier

6

clean air technology

17

coalition for clean air

5

clean air system

15

federal clean air act

5

georgia clean air

13

amendment of clean air act

4

clean air duct

13

clean air indoors

3

clean air act of 1990

13

clean air trust

3

clean air partner

11

clean air solution

2

clean air machine

11

clean air cool planet

2

norelco clean air system

10

clean air act amendment of 1990

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CLEAN AIR

Language Translations for "CLEAN AIR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ved hjaelp af en ventilator suges den rene luft ud af vandseparatoren via en diffuser ( eller forstoever ) (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

de gezuiverde lucht van de waterafscheider wordt via een diffusor door een ventilator aangezogen (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

CAFE-ohjelma (CAFE, Clean Air for Europe Programme), Puhdasta ilmaa Euroopalle -ohjelma (CAFE, Clean Air for Europe Programme). (various references)

   

French

  

air pur. (various references)

   

German

  

ueber einen Diffusor wird die Reinluft durch den Ventilator aus dem Wasserabscheider abgesaugt (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ο καθαρισμένος αέρας εξερχόμενος από τον διαχωριστή νερού απορροφάται από τον ανεμιστήρα μέσω ενός διαχυτήρα (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

   

Italian

  

l'aria pulita viene aspirata dal separatore per mezzo di un diffusore sistemato nel ventilatore (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eanclay airay

   

Portuguese

  

o ar limpo que sai do separador de água é aspirado por um ventilador passando por um difusor (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan), lei do ar limpo (clean air act). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

limpieza del aire (clean air act), El aire limpio que sale del separador de agua es aspirado por el ventilador a través de un difusor. (clean air is drawn out of the separator via a diffuser by the fan). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CLEAN AIR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-r"

-1 letter: acarine, carinae, carinal, carline, cranial.

-2 letters: acinar, aecial, aerial, aliner, anlace, arcane, arnica, carina, carlin, carnal, carnie, crania, eclair, inlace, lacier, lancer, larine, linear, nailer, narial, racial, realia, renail.

-3 letters: acari, aecia, alane, alien, aline, anear, anile, areal, areca, areic, arena, ariel, cairn, canal, caner, carle, ceria, clean, clear, cline, craal, crane, elain.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-r"
 

+1 letter: arsenical, carnelian.

 

+2 letters: aldermanic, arsenicals, carnallite, carnelians, lacerating, laceration, recanalize, retinacula, unicameral.

 

+3 letters: acriflavine, aeronomical, altercating, altercation, ancillaries, antinuclear, archangelic, archegonial, berascaling, calendaring, calendrical, cardinalate, carnalities, carnallites, cavaliering, chamberlain, declaration, endocardial, flagrancies, hibernacula, increasable, intercalary, intercalate, interfacial, interracial, intractable, intrathecal, lacerations, panegyrical, pericranial, racewalking, radicalness, rebalancing, recanalized, recanalizes, reclamation, redactional.

 

+4 letters: accelerating, acceleration, acriflavines, aeronautical, alphanumeric, altercations, anticlerical, antiparticle, appendicular, caramelising, caramelizing, cardinalates, caterwauling, chamberlains, clairaudient, clairvoyance, declarations, extracranial, inaccurately, inarticulate, incomparable, ineradicable, ineradicably, intercalated, intercalates, intercoastal, interglacial, microbalance, nonbacterial, racewalkings, reallocating, reallocation, recalcitrant, recanalizing, reclamations, recreational, reescalating, reescalation, tabernacling, uncalibrated, uncharitable, unicamerally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Spoken
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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