Definition of Fogging

1. Verb. (present participle of fog) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fogging

1. fog [v] - See also: fog

Medical Definition of Fogging

1. A method of refraction in which accommodation is relaxed by overcorrection with a convex spherical lens. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fogging

fogeys
fogfruit
fogfruits
foggage
foggages
foggara
fogged
fogger
foggers
foggetaboutit
foggier
foggiest
foggily
fogginess
fogginesses
fogging (current term)
fogging retinoscopy
foggite
foggy
foghorn
foghorns
fogie
fogies
foglamp
foglamps
fogle
fogles
fogless
foglight
foglights

Literary usage of Fogging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Radiant Energy and the Ophthalmic Lens by Frederick Booth (1921)
"The patient is rendered myopic, by fogging the vision, with a plus lens of ... The fogging method can be practiced as follows: First fog the vision with a ..."

2. A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Edward Jackson (1907)
"This causes indistinctness of distant vision or " fogging." The two eyes are then compared by alternately covering first one and then the other; ..."

3. Practical hints on photography: Its Chemistry and Its Manipulation by John Brent Hockin (1860)
"ON fogging. fogging is the great enemy of photographers, and he must be well ... Ammoniacal or fogging through sulphuretted vapours produce fogging of the ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"THE CAUSE OF THE fogging OF PLATES IN TROPICAL CLIMATES. By JOHN McDOWALL, FCS SOME time ago, while in Upper Egypt, I had occasion to use a full-plate ..."

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