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Meaning of calefactio universalis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. global warming
    New-Latin, declension-3
  2. Equivalent to 'global warming': A sustained increase in the average temperature of the Earth, sufficient to cause climate change.

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Examples

“[…]sed multae inquisitiones scientificae demonstrant maiorem partem calefactionis universalis postremis decennis gasiorum ex cumulatione oriri […] (dioxydum carbonicum, methanum, oxyda nitrogeni et alia) quae emittuntur potissimum ob humanam industriam.”

[…] yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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