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nuclear summer

nuclear summer noun: a period, hypothesized to follow a nuclear winter, in which surface temperatures rise to a dangerous degree because of the release of carbon dioxide and methane from decayed organic matter.

Noun

nuclear summer (plural nuclear summers)

  1. A period, hypothesized to follow a nuclear winter, in which surface temperatures rise to a dangerous degree because of the release of carbon dioxide and methane from decayed organic matter.

Forms of nuclear summer

pluralnuclear summers

Questions about nuclear summer

What does nuclear summer mean?
Nuclear summer means a period, hypothesized to follow a nuclear winter, in which surface temperatures rise to a dangerous degree because of the release of carbon dioxide and methane from decayed organic matter.
What part of speech is nuclear summer?
Nuclear summer is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear summer?
The plural of nuclear summer is nuclear summers.

Words near nuclear summer in the dictionary

  1. nuclear rocket
  2. nuclear rockets
  3. nuclear spectrum
  4. nuclear submarine
  5. nuclear submarines
  6. nuclear summer
  7. nuclear summers
  8. nuclear terrorism
  9. nuclear test
  10. nuclear testing
  11. nuclear tests

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