greenhouse gas

greenhouse gas

English

Noun

greenhouse gas (countable and uncountable, plural greenhouse gases)

1. Any gas, such as carbon dioxide or CFCs, that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere.

   Hyponyms: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFC, HCFC, HFC

   • 2019, George Monbiot, “Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out”, in The Guardian‎:

     In other sectors, greenhouse gas emissions have fallen sharply. But transport emissions in the UK have declined by only 2% since 1990.

   Only two greenhouse gases get much attention.

   Termites and cows account for much greenhouse gas.

Derived terms

• super greenhouse gas

Related terms

• greenhouse effect

Translations

any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect

Afrikaans: kweekhuisgas (af) Armenian: ջերմոցային գազ (hy) (ǰermocʿayin gaz) Catalan: gas hivernacle m Chinese: Mandarin: 溫室氣體／温室气体 (zh) (wēnshì qìtǐ) Danish: drivhusgas c Dutch: broeikasgas (nl) n Finnish: kasvihuonekaasu (fi) French: gaz à effet de serre (fr) m Georgian: სათბური გაზი (satburi gazi), სათბურის აირები (satburis airebi), სათბურის აირი (satburis airi) German: Treibhausgas (de) n Greek: αέριο του θερμοκηπίου n (aério tou thermokipíou) (aério tou thermokipíou) Hungarian: üvegházhatású gáz, üvegházgáz, ÜHG Icelandic: gróðurhúsalofttegund f Italian: gas serra m Japanese: 温室効果ガス (ja) (onshitsukouka-gasu) Luxembourgish: Zäregas m Macedonian: стакленички гас m (staklenički gas) Norwegian: Bokmål: drivhusgass m, klimagass m Nynorsk: drivhusgass m, klimagass m Polish: gaz cieplarniany (pl) m Portuguese: gás (causador) de/do efeito estufa m Romanian: gaz cu efect de seră n Russian: парнико́вый газ m (parnikóvyj gaz) Slovak: skleníkový plyn Spanish: gas de invernadero Swedish: växthusgas (sv) c Thai: แก๊สเรือนกระจก Ukrainian: парнико́вий газ m (parnykóvyj haz) Vietnamese: khí nhà kính (vi)

Further reading

• greenhouse gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia