at·mos·phere
(ătmə-sfîr′)
(ătmə-sfîr′)n.
1. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body, especially the one surrounding the earth, and rened by the celestial body's gravitational field.
2. Ther or climate in a specific place.
3. Abbr. atmPhysics A unit of pressure equal to ther pressure at sea level. It equals the amount of pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 millimeters high at 0 degrees Celsius under standard gravity, or 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.01325 × 105 pascals).
4. A dominant intellectual or emotional environment or attitude:an atmosphere of distrust among the electorate.
5. The dominant tone or mood of a work of art.
6. An aesthetic quality or effect, especially a distinctive and pleasing one, associated with a particular place:a restaurant with an Old World atmosphere.
[New Latinatmosphaera : Greekatmos, vapor; see wet-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latinsphaera, sphere; see SPHERE.]
atmosphere- reverencer
- reverend
- reverent
- reverential
- reverentially
- reverently
- reverie
- revers
- reversal
- reverse
- reverse acquisition
- reverse appliqué
- reverse discrimination
- reverse dive
- reverse engineer
- reverse engineering
- reverse fault
- reverse field
- reverse layup
- reversely
- reverse merger
- reverse mortgage
- reverse (one's) field
- reverse one's field
- reverse osmosis