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atmosˈpherical, a.
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
1. = atmospheric 1. arch. (Atmospherical air was so called at first to distinguish it from other gases also called air: see air n. 2.)
1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 99 By Atmosphærical Air, I understand such as we constantly breathe and live in. 1816Faraday Exp. Res. i. 2 The atmospherical air being perfectly excluded.
2. = atmospheric 2.
1666Boyle in Phil. Trans. I. 182 The Extent of the Atmospherical Changes. 1824Dick Chr. Philos. 317 Hail, rain, snow, dew, and other atmospherical phenomena.
3. = atmospheric 3.
1661Boyle Spring of Air i. iv. (1682) 11 There is much of the Atmospherical pressure—if I may so speak, taken off. 1829T. Forster (title) Illustrations of the Atmospherical Origin of Epidemic Diseases.
4. Subject to atmospheric influences. rare.
1728Pope Let. Swift in Swift's Wks. (1761) VIII. 85 If I lived in Ireland, I fear the wet climate would endanger..my humour, and health; I am so atmospherical a creature. |