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miasma
/miˈæzmə/
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
dry, lossy
VERB + MIASMA
caused
MIASMA + NOUN
aptx
PREP.
through
Definitions
noun
1
A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
There was an earthy smell, as of some dry miasma, which came through the fouler air.
2
A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment.
It was into this lossy compression miasma that aptX was born.
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There was an earthy smell, as of some dry miasma, which came through the fouler air.
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It was into this lossy compression miasma that aptX was born.
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A clove cigarette miasma made navigating the pub like swimming underwater.
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Everybody knows that the Black Death was caused by a miasma.
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