Atmosphere

/ˈætməsˌfɪə/ · noun

Meaning

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body..

Definitions by Sense

1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
2. The air in a particular place.
3. (figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
4. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
5. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm), approximately the atmospheric pressure at sea level.
6. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.

Example Sentences

To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.

Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core. It prevents our atmosphere from being stripped away by solar winds blasting it from the sun. While the magnetosphere has been a constant presence for billions of years, its strength waxes and wanes over time.

The last hue of crimson had died away in the west, and the depth of the rich purple atmosphere was unbroken.

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].

This year of 1905 also saw the completion of the electrification of the Underground, which certainly improved the atmosphere, and made travelling easier and more comfortable, although, at first, not too reliable.

The atmosphere for the football match was great.

For by the hearth the children sit ⁠Cold in that atmosphere of Death, ⁠And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: […]

Oh, what an atmosphere / I love a party with a happy atmosphere

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• atmospheres
• atmosphaere
• atmosphære

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