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global dimming

global dimming noun: a worldwide decline, during the last few decades, of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by particulate air pollution.

Noun

global dimming (uncountable)

  1. A worldwide decline, during the last few decades, of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by particulate air pollution.

Origin of global dimming

From global + dimming, modelled on global warming.

Questions about global dimming

What does global dimming mean?
Global dimming means a worldwide decline, during the last few decades, of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by particulate air pollution.
What part of speech is global dimming?
Global dimming is a noun.

Words near global dimming in the dictionary

  1. global cities
  2. global city
  3. global cooling
  4. global coupling
  5. global couplings
  6. global dimming
  7. global distillation
  8. global distribution system
  9. global distribution systems
  10. global element
  11. global elements

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