Noun

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(uncountable) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.

* 1772 December, James Cook, , vol. 1 ch. 2:

Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze , accompanied with rain.

* 1895 , H.G. Wells, :

A blue haze , half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

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(uncountable) A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.

An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.

(uncountable, figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.

* 1957 , (Daphne du Maurier), [http://books.google.com/books?id=cf4-iVG03pEC], ISBN 081221725X, page 218:

In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret.

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(uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.

* 1998 , Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [http://books.google.com/books?id=mDe7EidmglIC&], ISBN 0824778227, page 318:

Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film.

(countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.

* 1985 , Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zf-24UvvT4oC], ISBN 0801414555, page 69:

Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes .