What does greenhouse mean?
Definitions for greenhouse
ˈgrinˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzgreen·house
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word greenhouse.
Princeton's WordNet
greenhouse, nursery, glasshouseadjective
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
greenhouseadjective
of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
"greenhouse gases"
Wiktionary
greenhousenoun
A building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Greenhousenoun
A house in which tender plants are sheltered from the weather.
Etymology: green and house.
If the season prove exceeding piercing, which you may know by the freezing of a moistened cloth set in your greenhouse, kindle some charcoal. John Evelyn, Kalendar.
Sometimes our road led us into several hollow apartments among the rocks and mountains, that look like so many natural greenhouses, as being always shaded with a great variety of trees and shrubs that never lose their verdure. Addison.
A kitchen garden is a more pleasant sight than the finest orangery or artificial greenhouse. Spectator, №. 477.
Wikipedia
Greenhouse
A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings. A miniature greenhouse is known as a cold frame. The interior of a greenhouse exposed to sunlight becomes significantly warmer than the external temperature, protecting its contents in cold weather. Many commercial glass greenhouses or hothouses are high tech production facilities for vegetables, flowers or fruits. The glass greenhouses are filled with equipment including screening installations, heating, cooling, and lighting, and may be controlled by a computer to optimize conditions for plant growth. Different techniques are then used to manage growing conditions, including air temperature, relative humidity and vapour-pressure deficit, in order to provide the optimum environment for cultivation of a specific crop.
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greenhouse
A greenhouse is a structure, often made of glass or transparent plastic, that is used for growing and cultivating plants. It is designed to trap the sun's heat, creating a controlled environment that is warmer than the outside climate. This allows for the growth of plants that require specific conditions, year-round growth regardless of outdoor weather conditions, or protection from pests and diseases. Greenhouses may also be used for research purposes.
Webster Dictionary
Greenhousenoun
a house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather
Wikidata
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings. A miniature greenhouse is known as a cold frame. A greenhouse is a structural building with different types of covering materials, such as a glass or plastic roof and frequently glass or plastic walls; it heats up because incoming visible solar radiation from the sun is absorbed by plants, soil, and other things inside the building. Air warmed by the heat from hot interior surfaces is retained in the building by the roof and wall. In addition, the warmed structures and plants inside the greenhouse re-radiate some of their thermal energy in the infrared spectrum, to which glass is partly opaque, so some of this energy is also trapped inside the glasshouse. However, this latter process is a minor player compared with the former process. Thus, the primary heating mechanism of a greenhouse is convection. This can be demonstrated by opening a small window near the roof of a greenhouse: the temperature drops considerably. This principle is the basis of the autovent automatic cooling system. Thus, the glass used for a greenhouse works as a barrier to air flow, and its effect is to trap energy within the greenhouse. The air that is warmed near the ground is prevented from rising indefinitely and flowing away.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GREENHOUSE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greenhouse is ranked #23943 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Greenhouse surname appeared 1,054 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Greenhouse.
51.5% or 543 total occurrences were White.
34.6% or 365 total occurrences were Black.
6.4% or 68 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
4.9% or 52 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.6% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
0.8% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'greenhouse' in Nouns Frequency: #2894
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of greenhouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of greenhouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of greenhouse in a Sentence
The science is crystal clear — we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately, we now have the technologies, the policies and favorable economics to accomplish greenhouse gas reductions. What we lack is the will.
The good news of all those climate change plans is that they actually do cut into the business-as-usual projection of greenhouse gas emissions as well as temperature, we are no longer heading to a world that would increase temperatures by 4, 5 or sometimes even 6 degrees( Celsius) according to some studies, which is what we had a few years ago. But, rather, with full implementation of these climate change plans, we could be heading to a future that would increase the global temperature by 2.7 or 3 degrees.
The data shows quite clearly that it's the greenhouse gas trends that are responsible for the majority of the trends.
This is like a tale of two cities in carbon form, income and greenhouse gases rise together.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:
We are on the cusp of a new era in automotive technology with enormous potential to save lives, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and transform mobility for the American people, today's actions, and those we will pursue in the coming months, will provide the foundation and the path forward for manufacturers, state officials, and consumers to use new technologies and achieve their full safety potential.
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- skleníkCzech
- drivhusDanish
- Gewächshaus, TreibhausGerman
- θερμοκήπιοGreek
- invernaderoSpanish
- berotegiBasque
- kasvihuoneFinnish
- serreFrench
- taigh-ghlainneScottish Gaelic
- חֲמָמָהHebrew
- melegház, üvegházHungarian
- ջերմոցArmenian
- gróðurskáli, gróðurhús, vetrargarðurIcelandic
- serraItalian
- ハウス, 温室Japanese
- kas, broeikasDutch
- drivhusNorwegian
- szklarniaPolish
- estufa, viveiroPortuguese
- serăRomanian
- теплица, парникRussian
- staklenik, стакленикSerbo-Croatian
- växthus, drivhusSwedish
- seraTurkish
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