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THERMAL POLLUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thermal pollution mean?
• THERMAL POLLUTION (noun)
The noun THERMAL POLLUTION has 1 sense:
1. harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them
Familiarity information: THERMAL POLLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thermal pollution" is a kind of...):
pollution (undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities)
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