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GREENHOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
Synonyms:
glasshouse; greenhouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("greenhouse" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greenhouse"):
conservatory; hothouse; indoor garden (a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner)
orangery (a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
Example:
greenhouse gases
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
greenhouse effect (warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth)
Context examples:
Rice breeders can use these differences to create varieties that are less affected by greenhouse gas levels, he said.
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
Creating fertilizer is energy intensive, and the process produces greenhouse gases that are a major driver of climate change.
(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines masked the full impact of greenhouse gases on accelerating sea level rise, according to a new study.
(Volcanic eruption masked acceleration in sea level rise, NSF)
An odorless, colorless, flammable gas that acts as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and is produced by a variety of natural sources.
(Methane, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
Unlike greenhouse gases, which contribute to warming, these fine particles can have a cooling effect.
(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But this could also backfire in a "runaway greenhouse" process, in which the atmosphere becomes so thick the planet surface overheats – as on Venus.
(TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar System, NASA/JPL)
While electric vehicles offer many advantages—including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the country's dependence on imported petroleum—at least one barrier stands in the way of their large-scale adoption: range anxiety.
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has concluded that bacteria in a lake 800 meters (2,600 feet) beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may digest methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, preventing its release into the atmosphere.
(Methane-eating bacteria in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet may reduce greenhouse gas emissions, National Science Foundation)
In addition, as global temperatures continue to rise, demand for air conditioning – which emits greenhouse gases – rises as well, creating a damaging feedback loop.
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
A promising replacement for the toxic and flammable greenhouse gases that are used in most refrigerators and air conditioners has been identified by researchers from the University of Cambridge.
(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)
