GREENHOUSE EMISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenhouse emission mean? 

• GREENHOUSE EMISSION (noun)
  The noun GREENHOUSE EMISSION has 1 sense:

1. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

  Familiarity information: GREENHOUSE EMISSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENHOUSE EMISSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

greenhouse emission; greenhouse gas

Hypernyms ("greenhouse emission" is a kind of...):

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greenhouse emission"):

CFC; chlorofluorocarbon (a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans)

carbon dioxide; carbonic acid gas; CO2 (a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis)

HFC; hydrofluorocarbon (a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing)

perfluorocarbon; PFC (a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum)

sulfur hexafluoride; sulphur hexafluoride (a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry)