HyperDic: greenhouse_warming

English > 1 sense of the expression greenhouse warming:
NOUNphenomenongreenhouse warming, greenhouse effectwarming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere
English > greenhouse warming: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningwarming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb / absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth.
Synonymgreenhouse effect
Broaderatmospheric phenomenonA physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
Spanishefecto invernadero
Catalanefecte hivernacle

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