English Explanatory Dictionary

atmosphere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  2. The air in a particular place.
  3. The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
  4. 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. Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
name
  1. The distributed social media network of federated services using the AT Protocol.

Pronunciation

/ˈætməsˌfɪə/ /ˈatməsˌfɪː/ /ˈatməsˌfɪj.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-atmosphere.wav /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ en-us-atmosphere.ogg /ˈɛtməsˌfiə/ /ˈatməsˌfiɾ/ /ˈatməsˌfɛː/ /əʈˈmɔsfɪj.ər/

Word forms

atmosphere atmospheres atmosphaere atmosphære the ATmosphere

Etymology

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

Synonyms

atmosphere air ambiance feeling mood

Related words

atmospheric atmospherics ambiance ambience mood

Derived words

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

Translations

Estonian: olustik Estonian: õhkkond Estonian: miljöö Estonian: melustik French: ambience Galician: ambiente Hindi: वातावरण Indonesian: situasi Interlingua: ambiente Portuguese: ambiente Romanian: ambient Romanian: ambianță Russian: обстано́вка Spanish: clima Welsh: awyrgylch
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