greenhouse effect
greenhouse effect noun: the process by which a planet is heated by solar radiation which is retained by its atmosphere.
Noun
greenhouse effect (plural greenhouse effects)
- The process by which a planet is heated by solar radiation which is retained by its atmosphere.
- Firstly, the atmosphere may act like the glass of a green-house, letting through the light rays of the sun relatively easy, and absorbing a great part of the dark rays emitted from the ground, and it thereby may raise the mean temperature of the earth's surface.1901, Nils Gustaf Ekholm, “On the Variations of the Climate of the Geological and Historical Past and their Causes”, in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume XXVII, number...
- It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here.1988 June 24, James E. Hansen, quotee, “Quotation of the Day”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page A2
- Synonyms:
- hothouse effect
greenhouse effect meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
greenhouse effect in Tamil
- process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere
- பைங்குடில் விளைவு paiṅkuṭil viḷaivu
greenhouse effect in Urdu
- process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere
- گرم خانہ اثر garm-xāna asar
greenhouse effect in Bengali
- greenhouse effect
- গ্রিনহাউস grinohaus
greenhouse effect in Malayalam
- process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere
- ഹരിതഗൃഹപ്രഭാവം haritagr̥haprabhāvaṁ
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- greenhouse effect in Arabic
- اَلاِحْتِبَاس اَلْحَرَارِيّ al-iḥtibās al-ḥarāriyy
- greenhouse effect in Indonesian
- efek rumah kaca
- greenhouse effect in Persian
- اثر گلخانهای
- greenhouse effect in Thai
- ภาวะเรือนกระจก, ปรากฏการณ์เรือนกระจก
- greenhouse effect in Vietnamese
- hiệu ứng nhà kính, hiệu ứng nhà kiếng
Synonyms of greenhouse effect
Forms of greenhouse effect
| plural | greenhouse effects |
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Origin of greenhouse effect
First attested in 1901 by Swedish meteorologist Nils Gustaf Ekholm.
Words formed from greenhouse effect
Questions about greenhouse effect
- What does greenhouse effect mean?
- Greenhouse effect means the process by which a planet is heated by solar radiation which is retained by its atmosphere.
- What is greenhouse effect in Tamil?
- Greenhouse effect in Tamil is பைங்குடில் விளைவு (paiṅkuṭil viḷaivu). See Greenhouse effect meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is greenhouse effect?
- Greenhouse effect is a noun.
- What is the plural of greenhouse effect?
- The plural of greenhouse effect is greenhouse effects.
Words near greenhouse effect in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greenhouse effect (page history and authors); গ্রিনহাউস (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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