atmospheric window

noun Astronomy.

any of the wavelengths at which electromagnetic radiation from space can penetrate the earth's atmosphere.

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Origin of atmospheric window

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby atmospheric window

atmospheric engine, atmospheric inversion, atmospheric perspective, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric tide, atmospheric window, atmospherics, atmospherium, atn, atna, ato
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British Dictionary definitions for atmospheric window

atmospheric window

noun

wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be transmitted through the earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric windows occur in the visible, infrared, and radio regions of the spectrum
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