GREENHOUSE WARMING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

greenhouse effect; greenhouse warming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("greenhouse warming" is a kind of...):

atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

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