Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

atmospheric window

See more synonyms for atmospheric window on Thesaurus.com
noun Astronomy.
  1. any of the wavelengths at which electromagnetic radiation from space can penetrate the earth's atmosphere.
Show More

Origin of atmospheric window

First recorded in 1965–70
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for atmospheric window

atmospheric window

noun
  1. 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
Show More
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