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atmosphere

noun
/ˈætməsˌfɪə/UK/ˈatməsˌfɪː//ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- + -sphere.

  1. derived from ἀτμός — “steam”
  2. derived from atmosphaera
  3. borrowed from atmosphère

Definitions

  1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

    • 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.

  2. The air in a particular place.

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

  3. The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an…

    The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The apparent mood felt in an environment.

      • 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

    2. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol

      A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm), approximately the atmospheric pressure at sea level.

    3. Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.

      • Central Casting is in the business of extras, also known as atmosphere or background actors […]
      • "It is estimated conservatively that there are some 50,000 would-be film extras in and around the celluloid capital, persons who would jump at the opportunity to appear as atmosphere in pictures," Scott concluded.
      • By the way, I discovered that we were not extras but background, as far as the director was concerned; and for the producer, we were atmosphere.

    4. The distributed social media network of federated services using the AT Protocol.

      • In the ATmosphere, you don't have to make a tradeoff. You can use the service which has better moderation and still reach the accounts you want, even if they host their account somewhere else and agreed to some other TOS than you.

The neighborhood

Derived

atmosphered, atmosphereless, atmospherical, atmospherization, atmospherology, controlled atmosphere, endoatmosphere, exoatmosphere, lower atmosphere, middle atmosphere, modified atmosphere, palaeoatmosphere, paleoatmosphere, protoatmosphere, subatmosphere, upper atmosphere, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at atmosphere. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at atmosphere. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at atmosphere

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA