
[Middle English, from Old English.]
noun
verb
A suspension of water droplets in the air which restricts visibility to between 1 and 2 km.
Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, The mist and cloud will turn to rain, The rain to mist and cloud again, Tomorrow be today.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (1807-1882), American poet.
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Mist or fog can symbolize a confused state of mind, as well as the desire to see things more clearly.
An acronym for Medical Information Service via Telephone. MIST is a consultation service offered by some state-operated university medical centers.

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Mist is a phenomenon of small droplets suspended in air. It can occur as part of natural weather or volcanic activity, and is common in cold air above warmer water, in exhaled air in the cold, and in a steam room of a sauna. It can also be created artificially with aerosol canisters if the humidity conditions are right.
The only difference between mist and fog is visibility.[1] This phenomenon is called fog if the visibility is one kilometre (1,100 yards) or less (in the UK for driving purposes the definition of fog is visibility less than 200 metres, for pilots the distance is 1 kilometre). Otherwise it is known as mist. Seen from a distance, mist is bluish, and haze is more brownish.[citation needed]
Religious connotations are associated with mist in some cultures; it is used as a metaphor in 2 Peter 2:17.
Mist makes a beam of light visible from the side via refraction and reflection on the suspended water droplets.
"Scotch mist" is a light steady drizzle, the name being typical of the Scottish penchant for understatement (and of Scottish weather).
Mist usually occurs near the shores, and is often associated with fog. Mist can be as high as mountain tops when extreme temperatures are low.
Freezing mist is similar to freezing fog, only the density is less and the visibility greater. When mist falls below 0 degrees Celsius in temperature it becomes known as freezing mist.
Sunlight filters through a thin layer of fog on a crisp winter morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Misty morning at Swifts Creek
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tågedis, dug, em, slør (for øjnene)
v. intr. - blive diset, dugge
v. tr. - sløre
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Nederlands (Dutch)
mist, nevel, damp, misten, beslaan, wazig worden/maken
Français (French)
n. - brume, buée, (fig) voile
v. intr. - se vaporiser
v. tr. - vaporiser
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Nebel, Dunst, Beschlag
v. - beschlagen
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καταχνιά, αραιή ομίχλη, θολούρα, πούσι
v. - θολώνω, θαμπώνω, (για μάτια) βουρκώνω
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - névoa (f), garoa (f)
v. - empanar, enevoar, garoar
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Русский (Russian)
дымка, туман, затуманивать, моросить
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Español (Spanish)
n. - neblina, bruma, niebla
v. intr. - anublarse, formarse niebla
v. tr. - nublar, empañar , oscurecer
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dimma, töcken
v. - hölja i dimma
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
薄雾, 霭, 水气, 雾状物, 喷雾, 下雾, 被蒙上薄雾, 变得模糊, 使蒙上薄雾, 使模糊
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 薄霧, 靄, 水氣, 霧狀物, 噴霧
v. intr. - 下霧, 被蒙上薄霧, 變得模糊
v. tr. - 使蒙上薄霧, 使模糊
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이슬비, 안개, 정신을 못 차리게 하는 것, 기억이 흐릿한 과거
v. intr. - 흐려지다, 이슬비가 내리다
v. tr. - 안개로 덮다, 희미하게 하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 霞, もや, くもり, ぼんやりさせるもの
v. - …がぼんやりする, …がかすむ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ضباب (فعل) يتغبش, يغبش
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ערפל, אדים, דוק דמעות, טשטוש הראייה
v. intr. - התכסה באדים, בדמעות וכו'
v. tr. - כיסה בערפל, באדים וכו'
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