thermal pollution

n. Industrial discharge of heated water into a river, lake, or other body of water, causing a rise in temperature that endangers aquatic life.

ther′mal pollu′tion

n. a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the discharge of heated industrial or nuclear-plant waste water. [1960–65]

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thermal pollution - harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into thempollution - undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

thermal pollution

thermal pollution:

see water pollutionwater pollution,
contamination of water resources by harmful wastes; see also sewerage, water supply, pollution, and environmentalism. Industrial Pollution
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thermal pollution

[′thər·məl pə′lü·shən] (ecology) The discharge of heated effluent into natural waters that causes a rise in temperature sufficient to upset the ecological balance of the waterway.

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thermal pollution

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noun harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them

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pollution

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