Meaning Of The Word Thermal pollution
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Thermal pollution Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Thermal pollution?
thermal pollution in American English
the discharge of heated liquid or air into lakes, rivers, etc., as by an industry or nuclear power plant, causing such a rise in the water temperature as to affect the life cycles within the water and disrupt the ecological balance noun: a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the disposal of heated industrial waste water or water from the cooling towers of nuclear power plants |
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