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A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: catastrophe, cataclysm
Coined by Richard P. Turco et al. in a 1983 paper.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
hivern nuclear
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Chinese Mandarin:
核冬天
(hédōngtiān)
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Danish:
atomvinter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Dutch:
nucleaire winter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Finnish:
ydintalvi
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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French:
hiver nucléaire
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Georgian:
ბირთვული ზამთარი
(birtvuli zamtari)
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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German:
nuklearer Winter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Icelandic:
kjarnorkuvetur
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Icelandic:
fimbulvetur
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Indonesian:
musim dingin nuklir
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Italian:
inverno nucleare
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Japanese:
核の冬
(kaku no fuyu)
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Malay:
musim sejuk nuklear
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Polish:
zima nuklearna
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Portuguese:
inverno nuclear
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Romanian:
iarnă nucleară
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Russian:
ядерная зима
(jád'ernaja zimá)
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Spanish:
invierno nuclear
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Swedish:
atomvinter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Swedish:
kärnvapenvinter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Swedish:
nukleär vinter
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Turkish:
nükleer kış
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
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Welsh:
y gaeaf niwclear
— predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war
