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[soot, soot] / sʊt, sut /




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Soot triggers the formation of contrails and 'contrail cirrus', which are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

Soot looks black because it absorbs light in the visible part of the spectrum—that is, the kind of light we see.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

Soot is also known as fine particulate matter because its fragments are so small — 2.5 microns in diameter or less.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

Review: Alison Saar traces diasporas in the exceptional ‘Silt, Soot and Smut’ at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021

Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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