Greenhouse
101greenhouse gases — Gases released from the earth s surface through chemical and biological processes that interact with the chemicals in the stratosphere to decrease the release of radiation from the earth. It is believed that this leads to global warming …
102greenhouse gases — ➡ weather * * * …
103greenhouse whitefly. — See under whitefly. * * * …
104greenhouse cockpit — noun A distinctive style of cockpit with numerous windows, rather than just the front windscreen, as seen on such types as the Lancaster and Stirling bombers …
105greenhouse gas — A gas, such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), that absorbs and re emits infrared radiation, warming the earth s surface and contributing to climate change (UNEP, 1998) …
106greenhouse effect — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. global warming, trapped heat …
107greenhouse effect — retention of the sun s radiation resulting in an increase of the earth s temperature …
108greenhouse gas — any of several types of gases that are thought to cause global warming …
109Greenhouse Gases — Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride, that are transparent to solar (short wave) radiation but opaque to long wave (infrared)… …
110greenhouse effect — noun the trapping of the sun s warmth in a planet s lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet s surface …