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greenhouse_effect

greenhouse effect

English

Noun

greenhouse effect ‎(plural greenhouse effects)

(ecology) (with the) The process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere.
The greenhouse effect could lead to global warming or, at least, climate change.

Translations

process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere

Arabic: اَلاِحْتِبَاس اَلْحَرَارِيّ m ‎(al-iḥtibās al-ḥarāriyy)
Basque: berotegi-efektu
Catalan: efecte hivernacle m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 溫室效應 (zh), 温室效应 (zh) ‎(wēnshì-xiàoyìng)
Czech: skleníkový efekt m
Finnish: kasvihuoneilmiö (fi)
French: effet de serre (fr) m
German: Treibhauseffekt (de) m
Greek: φαινόμενο θερμοκηπίου n ‎(fainómeno thermokipíou)
Hebrew: אפקט החממה (he)
Hungarian: üvegházhatás (hu)
Indonesian: efek rumah kaca

Italian: effetto serra m
Japanese: 温室効果 (ja) ‎(おんしつこうか, onshitsu-kōka)
Maori: pānga kati kōtuhi
Polish: efekt cieplarniany (pl) m
Portuguese: efeito estufa (pt) m
Romanian: efect de seră n
Russian: парнико́вый эффе́кт (ru) m ‎(parnikóvyj effékt)
Scottish Gaelic: buaidh an taigh-ghlainne f
Spanish: efecto invernadero (es) m
Swedish: växthuseffekt (sv) c
Turkish: sera etkisi
Vietnamese: hiệu ứng nhà kính (vi), hiệu ứng nhà kiếng

See also

global warming
Greenhouse effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia