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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈgreen•house efˌfect, n. [countable* usually singular: the + ~]- Meteorologythe long-term heating of the atmosphere resulting from the absorption of energy from the sun by certain gases in the atmosphere, as carbon dioxide and water vapor, which trap energy that normally would escape and allow cooling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024green′house effect′, - Meteorologyan 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 atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases;
thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern. - Meteorologysuch a phenomenon on another planet.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: greenhouse effect n - an effect occurring in greenhouses, etc, in which radiant heat from the sun passes through the glass warming the contents, the radiant heat from inside being trapped by the glass
- the application of this effect to a planet's atmosphere; carbon dioxide and some other gases in the planet's atmosphere can absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the planet's surface as a result of exposure to solar radiation, thus increasing the mean temperature of the planet
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