greenhouse effect
21greenhouse effect, the — greenhouse ef,fect, the noun the process in which heat is unable to escape from the atmosphere and causes the temperature of the Earth to rise . The rise in temperature is called global warming …
22greenhouse effect — noun Date: 1937 warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet (as Earth or Venus) that is caused by conversion of solar radiation into heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere,… …
23greenhouse effect — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. global warming, trapped heat …
24greenhouse effect — retention of the sun s radiation resulting in an increase of the earth s temperature …
25greenhouse effect — noun the trapping of the sun s warmth in a planet s lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet s surface …
26greenhouse effect — noun (singular) the gradual warming of the air surrounding the Earth as a result of heat being trapped by pollution see also: global warming …
27Anti-greenhouse effect — The anti greenhouse effect is a neologism used to describe two different effects, coming under the header of the cooling effect an atmosphere has on the ambient temperature of the planet. Unlike the greenhouse effect, which is common, an anti… …
28the greenhouse effect — UK US noun [S] ENVIRONMENT ► an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere (= mix of gases which surround the earth), which is believed to cause the surface of the earth to become gradually warmer and to be a… …
29the greenhouse effect — the warming of the Earth s atmosphere that is caused by air pollution ◇ The greenhouse effect occurs when warmth from the sun is trapped in the Earth s atmosphere by a layer of gases (such as carbon dioxide) and water vapor. • • • Main Entry: ↑g …
30(the) greenhouse effect — the greenhouse effect UK US noun the process in which heat is unable to escape from the atmosphere and causes the temperature of the Earth to rise The rise in temperature is called global warming . http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblink… …
