Term: greenhouse effect: warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: tachymeter: a theodolite designed for rapid measurements
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: apocrypha: 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: speech perception: the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: nosewheel: a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: atomism: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: subculture: a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: unstratified language: a programming language that (like natural language) can be used as its own metalanguage
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: ascension: (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: rappel: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
Broader: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | Unrelated: roll: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude