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    green·house ef·fect
    /ˈɡrēnˌ(h)ous əˌfek(t)/

    noun

    • 1. 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.

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