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heat island effect [′hēt ‚ī·lənd i‚fekt]

(meteorology)

In urban areas with tall buildings, an atmospheric condition in which heat and pollutants create a haze dome that prevents warm air from rising and being cooled at a normal rate, especially in the absence of strong winds.

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