global dimming
English
noun
Definitions
- A worldwide decline, during the last few decades, of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by particulate air pollution. Such dimming has a dampening effect on global warming.
Etymology
Compound from English global + English dimming.
Origin
English
dimming
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiglobal English
- antiglobalist English
- autodimming English
- circumglobal English
- dimming English
- global English
- globalism English
- globalist English
- globality English
- globalize English
- globally English
- hyperglobal English
- hyperglobalist English
- interglobal English
- nonglobal English
- panglobal English
- semiglobal English
- superglobal English
- transglobal English
- undimming English
- globus Latin