GREENHOUSE: значение слова

[ˈɡri:nhaus]
сущ. оранжерея, теплица Syn : hothouse, conservatory

n оранжерея, теплица

greenhouse теплица, оранжерея

effect
парниковый эффект

(физическое) оранжерейный или парниковый эффект

I. noun
Date: 1664
a structure enclosed (as by glass) and used for the cultivation or protection of tender plants, a clear plastic shell (as a canopy) covering a section of an airplane,

II. adjective
Date: 1937
of, relating to, contributing to, or caused by the greenhouse effect

greenhouse effect
noun
Date: 1937
warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet (as Earth or Venus) that is caused by conversion of solar radiation into heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere, its absorption by the planet's surface, and reradiation as infrared which is absorbed and partly reradiated back to the surface by atmospheric gases