anti-greenhouse effect

noun

A process that occurs when energy from a celestial object's sun is absorbed or scattered by the object's upper atmosphere, preventing that energy from reaching the surface, which results in surface cooling.

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Meanings

nounanti-greenhouse effect (plural anti-greenhouse effects)

plural anti-greenhouse effects

  1. uncommonA process that occurs when energy from a celestial object's sun is absorbed or scattered by the object's upper atmosphere, preventing that energy from reaching the surface, which results in surface cooling.
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