Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere;
caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth;
[syn: greenhouse effect, greenhouse warming]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
greenhouse warming
n 1: warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the
atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine
to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from
the warmed surface of the earth [syn: greenhouse effect,
greenhouse warming]