greenhouse effect

  • 1Greenhouse Effect — (Амстердам,Нидерланды) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: Warmoesstraat 55, Амст …

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  • 2greenhouse effect — This important but often misunderstood term is defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary (2006) as ‘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… …

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  • 3Greenhouse effect — См. Парниковый эффект Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 …

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  • 4greenhouse 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 …

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  • 5greenhouse effect — n. the warming of a planet s surface and lower atmosphere caused by trapped solar radiation: solar shortwave radiation penetrates to the planet s surface and is reradiated into the atmosphere as infrared waves that are then absorbed by carbon… …

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  • 6Greenhouse effect — The Greenhouse effect refers to the change in the thermal equilibrium temperature of a planet or moon by the presence of an atmosphere containing gas that absorbs infrared radiation. [ [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment report/ar4/syr/ar4 syr… …

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  • 7greenhouse effect — 1. an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth s atmosphere but longer wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by… …

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  • 8greenhouse effect — noun 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 • Syn: ↑greenhouse warming •… …

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  • 9greenhouse effect — /ˈgrinhaʊs əfɛkt/ (say greenhows uhfekt) noun 1. the increase in temperature in a greenhouse caused by the radiant heat from the sun passing through the glass, while heat within the greenhouse is trapped there by the glass. 2. a. the same effect… …

  • 10Greenhouse Effect —   A popular term used to describe the heating effect due to the trapping of long wave (length) radiation by greenhouse gases produced from natural and human sources.   ***   The result of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other atmospheric gases… …

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