global warming
Use Global_warming in a sentenceglobal warming
noun
an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
Origin:
1975–80
1975–80
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World English Dictionary
| global warming | |
| —n | |
| an increase in the average temperature worldwide believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect | |
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Global_warming
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
global warming
by 1983 as the name for overall rising temperatures and attendant consequences as a result of human activity. Originally theoretical, popularized as a reality from 1989.
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Science Dictionary
| global warming
An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate. The Earth has experienced numerous episodes of global warming through its history, and currently appears to be undergoing such warming. The present warming is generally attributed to an increase in the greenhouse effect , brought about by increased levels of greenhouse gases, largely due to the effects of human industry and agriculture. Expected long-term effects of current global warming are rising sea levels, flooding, melting of polar ice caps and glaciers, fluctuations in temperature and precipitation, more frequent and stronger El Niños and La Niñas, drought, heat waves, and forest fires. See more at greenhouse effect. |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
global warming definition
The term attached to the notion that the Earth's temperature is increasing due to the greenhouse effect.
Note: Whether global warming is actually happening is a subject of scientific debate.
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Example sentences
Is global warming a social issue? Probably.
What might be less clear is the role alternative fuels play in global warming.
Global warming is either falsified, or unfalsifiable.
But there are different kinds of pollution-some visible, some invisible-that contribute to global warming.
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