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GREENHOUSE EFFECT
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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 effect" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
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