Atmo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Atmo is a noun meaning (colloquial) Clipping of atmosphere.
Meaning
(colloquial) Clipping of atmosphere.
More Meanings
- (physics, dated) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
Example Sentences
1880? William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Heat under a constant pressure of one atmo
In this case, at a pressure of one atmo, the quantity of gas absorbed by one gramme of water is .875 gramme at 0°C.
Now the above change of ratio is established at a pressure about 2.5/10⁶ atmo as given by log. dec., when the mean free path of a molecule of air ought to be about 10⁶ × .00001 ÷ 2.5 centim. or 4 centim., which is about the radius of the bulb.
Word Forms
- atmos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include atmosphere, torr, amagat, thermobarometer, manometry, barye.
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