Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure, primarily of glass, in which temperature and humidity can be controlled for the cultivation or protection of plants.
- noun Slang A clear plastic bubble or shell covering part of an aircraft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A building, the roof and one or more sides of which consist of glazed frames, constructed for the purpose of cultivating exotic plants which are too tender to endure the open air during the colder parts of the year.
- noun In ceramics, a house in which green or unfired pottery is dried before being submitted to the fire of the kiln.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A building traditionally made of
glass , but now also made fromplastics such aspolyethylene , in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
- adjective of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyway, the Harvard Square ABP has a glassed-in greenhouse where you can sit and drink your warming beverage while looking out at the university -- and in the way of things, that greenhouse is inhabited by a couple of smart, fat sparrows who are much snugger (and smugger) than the sparrows still stuck outside.
live through this and you won't look back matociquala 2009
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Its really unfortunate that we have to use the term greenhouse when refering to what happens in the atmosphere because it does not relate well or at all to what happens in a ral greenhouse.
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Following an extensive theoretical analysis, two German physicists have determined (pdf) that the term greenhouse gas is a misnomer and that the greenhouse effect appears to violate basic laws of physics.
Latest Articles 2009
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Following an extensive theoretical analysis, two German physicists have determined (pdf) that the term greenhouse gas is a misnomer and that the greenhouse effect appears to violate basic laws of physics.
Latest Articles 2009
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The carbon dioxide molecule O=C=O contains two double bonds and has a linear shape.” Oh, and that particular molecular structure traps heat near the planet that would otherwise radiate back out into space, giving rise to what we call the greenhouse effect.
Bill McKibben: Everything Is Negotiable, Except With Nature: You Can't Bargain About Global Warming With Chemistry and Physics Bill McKibben 2010
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The carbon dioxide molecule O=C=O contains two double bonds and has a linear shape.” Oh, and that particular molecular structure traps heat near the planet that would otherwise radiate back out into space, giving rise to what we call the greenhouse effect.
Bill McKibben: Everything Is Negotiable, Except With Nature: You Can't Bargain About Global Warming With Chemistry and Physics Bill McKibben 2010
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At best, a greenhouse is a very simplistic model for something as complex as global climate.
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So we have this problem, the increase of carbon dioxide, which we call a greenhouse gas because it makes our atmosphere more like a greenhouse, and warms it.
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Posted Jul 17, 2006 at 2:41 AM | Permalink | Reply re 194 and 195: gb, I don’t think anyone at this site is questioning the fact that CO2 is a radiatively active gas I hate the term greenhouse as greenhouses operate on a different physical principle, but it is just one of many including CH4, N2O and most importantly of all H2O.
WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society" « Climate Audit 2006
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Not to mention the carbon footprint double whammy – not only will the lighting cause an increase in greenhouse gasses, but now there's one lett tree to absorb the CO2 ...
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