Atmosphere
['ætməsfɪə] or ['ætməsfɪr]
Definition
(noun.) the mass of air surrounding the Earth; 'there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere'; 'it was exposed to the air'.
(noun.) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body.
(noun.) the weather or climate at some place; 'the atmosphere was thick with fog'.
(noun.) a particular environment or surrounding influence; 'there was an atmosphere of excitement'.
Editor: Theresa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
(n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
(n.) A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.
(n.) The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
(n.) Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
(n.) The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Air.
Typist: Tyler
Definition
n. the gaseous envelope that surrounds the earth or any of the heavenly bodies: any gaseous medium: a conventional unit of atmospheric pressure: (fig.) any surrounding influence.—adjs. Atmospher′ic -al of or depending on the atmosphere.—adv. Atmospher′ically.—Atmospheric engine a variety of steam-engine in which the steam is admitted only to the under side of the piston; Atmospheric hammer a hammer driven by means of compressed air; Atmospheric railway a railway where the motive-power is derived from the pressure of the atmosphere acting on a piston working in an iron tube of uniform bore.
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Examples
- If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He surrounded himself with an atmosphere of respectability, and walked secure in it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- That sky with its high and light clouds which are sure to melt away as the day waxes warm--this placid and balmly atmosphere? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But as she returned across the common, the place was reinvested with the old enchanting atmosphere. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- One is forced to believe that this was the real atmosphere of the young conqueror's life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The water which flows on the earth is constantly changing its form; the heat of the sun causes it to evaporate, or to become vapor, and to mingle with the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Nor does the thin atmosphere refract the sun's rays or diffuse its light as upon Earth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The atmosphere of the room was so different from any he had ever breathed that self-consciousness vanished in the sense of adventure. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Plants thus serve to keep the atmosphere free from an excess of carbon dioxide and, in addition, furnish oxygen to the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The atmosphere of those Fairy palaces was like the breath of the simoom: and their inhabitants, wasting with heat, toiled languidly in the desert. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She always envied, almost with resentment, the strange positive fullness that subsisted in the atmosphere around Ursula and Birkin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Cailletet used a pressure of 300 atmospheres and a temperature of -29°, which latter was obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pictet used a pressure of 320 atmospheres and a temperature of -140°, obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid and liquid carbonic acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is requisite that the receiver should be capable of bearing a pressure of at least six atmospheres, which is equal to 90 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Thus, when there are three atmospheres of gas under pressure, each bottle of soda-water contains four bottles full of gas, which are absorbed without perceptibly increasing its bulk. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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