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atmospheric

[ at-muhs-fer-ik, -feer- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere:
atmospheric vapors.
caused by, produced by, or operated on by the atmosphere:
atmospheric storms.
resembling or suggestive of the atmosphere; having muted tones and softened or indistinct outlines; hazy:
atmospheric effects.
having or producing an emotional atmosphere:
atmospheric quality; atmospheric lighting.

First recorded in 1775–85; atmosphere + -ic

Dear Thief is worthy of the abused critical adjectives philosophical, atmospheric, and masterful.

Yet this is an established fact, agreed upon by over 99 percent of climatologists, atmospheric scientists, and other experts.

Carell is good in a brooding, atmospheric movie but Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are better.

Too often though, the guitar feels merely atmospheric; either unassuming by design or just lost in the mix.

His focus on the grim and the disturbing is beautiful, and becomes rhythmic, atmospheric, and addictive.

The steam pressure in the Newcomen atmospheric was continued unaltered in the Watt vacuum engine.

Reeds that are leathered cannot be depended upon; atmospheric changes affect them and put them out of tune.

The cylinder was let down into the top of the boiler, and like Newcomen's atmospheric engine had no cylinder cover.

In these whirlings great differences in atmospheric pressure are brought about in contiguous areas of sea.

Atmospheric air, when deprived of the water which it ordinarily contains, has very little heat-containing capacity.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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