atmospheric window
Save This Word!
noun Astronomy.
any of the wavelengths at which electromagnetic radiation from space can penetrate the earth's atmosphere.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON “ITS” VS. “IT’S”!
Apostrophes can be tricky; prove you know the difference between it’s and its in this crafty quiz!
Question 1 of 12
On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of atmospheric window
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby atmospheric window
atmospheric engine, atmospheric perspective, atmospheric pressure, atmospherics, atmospheric tide, atmospheric window, atmospherium, at most, ATN, at. no., ATO
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for atmospheric window
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012