atmosphericadj.

/atməsˈfɛrɪk/

Etymology: < atmosphere n. + -ic suffix; compare Greek σϕαιρικός.

1. Of the nature of, or forming, the atmosphere.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective]

etherealc1550

atmospherical1664

atmospherial1709

atmospheric1783

1783 T. Henry (title) Effects produced by various Processes on Atmospheric Air.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) vi. §346 The earth itself, or the atmospheric envelope by which it is surrounded.

2. Existing, taking place, or acting in the air.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > existing or taking place in

atmospherical1666

atmospheric1789

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > of or belonging to the air > existing in the air

aerya1398

airlya1398

airya1398

airishc1450

aerial?1545

airsome1584

aerian1618

aericala1678

atmospheric1789

up in-the-air1848

1789 A. Bennet New Exper. Electr. 103 It may be proper to mention such theory of atmospheric electricity as appears to me consonant to the general operations of nature.

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 36/2 The action of the sun and moon must produce certain small atmospheric tides.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxi. 301 The wildest atmospheric effects became visible.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) ii. 43 There would have been..greater atmospheric moisture.

1934 Discovery Mar. 68/2 A report..on fog and atmospheric pollution.

1947 Archit. Rev. 101 139/1 Heavy atmospheric pollution occurs in most of the larger towns in this country, with consequent detriment to health and environment.

3. Caused, produced, or worked by the action of the atmosphere. atmospheric engine, a steam-engine in which the piston was forced down by the pressure of the atmosphere, after the condensation of the steam that caused it to rise. atmospheric line, the equilibrium line on the indicator-card of a steam-engine. atmospheric pressure, that exerted by the atmosphere on the earth's surface, 14·7 (roughly 15) lbs. to the square inch. atmospheric railway, one worked by the propulsive force of compressed air or by the formation of a vacuum; a pneumatic railway.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [noun] > atmospheric pressure

atmospheric pressure1822

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific types

atmospheric1822

single-acting1825

wind-logged1829

non-condensing1839

double-acting1842

treble-cylinder1877

quadruplex1880

uniflow1912

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > subject to or dependent on weather

atmospherical1728

meteoric1789

atmospheric1853

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [adjective] > produced by action of atmosphere

atmospheric1853

1822 Burrowes Cycl. X. 229/2 The atmospheric engine of Newcomen.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) viii. 61 The Polar glacier must be regarded as strictly atmospheric in its increments.

4. Evoking or designed to evoke an atmosphere (sense 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [adjective] > suggestive of state of feeling

atmospheric1908

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally

wateryc1230

polite?a1500

meagre1539

over-laboured1579

bald1589

spiritless1592

light1597

meretricious1633

standing1661

effectual1662

airy1664

severe1665

correct1676

enervatea1704

free1728

classic1743

academic1752

academical1752

chaste1753

nerveless1763

epic1769

crude1786

effective1790

creative1791

soulless1794

mannered1796

manneristical1830

manneristic1837

subjective1840

inartisticala1849

abstract1857

inartistic1859

literary1900

period1905

atmospheric1908

dateless1908

atmosphered1920

non-naturalistic1925

self-indulgent1926

free-styled1933

soft-centred1935

freestyle1938

pseudish1938

decadent1942

post-human1944

kitschy1946

faux-naïf1958

spare1965

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > relating to cultural climate

atmospheric1908

atmosphered1920

1908 Punch 21 Oct. 305/2 ‘To aviate’ is nauseous enough, and ‘planing’, in the atmospheric slang of country-house parties, is pretty bad.

1927 Melody Maker Sept. 942 (advt.) Modern atmospheric music by the World's most eminent writers.

1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 343 An atmospheric story, ‘The Seventh Veil’, broke all box-office records.

1963 Punch 20 Feb. p. vii/1 Visually beautiful, atmospheric little tragedy about the love of a guilt-ridden childlike man.

Draft additions August 2010

atmospheric physics n. the physics of the atmosphere; esp. the branch of science concerned with this.In quot. 1832 perhaps: the physical properties of the air, as relevant to the treatment of inflammations.

ΚΠ

1832 G. Robertson Treat. Inflammations I. 262 The atmospheric physics to be used as a remedial stimulus in inflammations, will chiefly consist..in the regulation of its temperature, occasionally of its electricity and moisture, and its solar light and heat.

1836 Naval Mag. July 319 A clue to the true system of atmospheric physics, a subject which has always been beset with difficulties.

1900 Obituary Rec. Graduates Yale Univ. 330 In March, 1883, he obtained a position..where he devoted himself to the study of meteorology and atmospheric physics.

1912 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 44 923 Meteorologists will find much satisfaction in his explanation of the atmospheric physics of earth-generated air currents directed upwards by mountain slopes.

2010 B. Bova Able One 231 He had majored in geophysics in college, then somehow gotten interested in atmospheric physics as a graduate student.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	atmospheric
释义	atmosphericadj. /atməsˈfɛrɪk/ Etymology: < atmosphere n. + -ic suffix; compare Greek σϕαιρικός. 1. Of the nature of, or forming, the atmosphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] etherealc1550 atmospherical1664 atmospherial1709 atmospheric1783 1783 T. Henry (title) Effects produced by various Processes on Atmospheric Air. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) vi. §346 The earth itself, or the atmospheric envelope by which it is surrounded. 2. Existing, taking place, or acting in the air. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > existing or taking place in atmospherical1666 atmospheric1789 the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > of or belonging to the air > existing in the air aerya1398 airlya1398 airya1398 airishc1450 aerial?1545 airsome1584 aerian1618 aericala1678 atmospheric1789 up in-the-air1848 1789 A. Bennet New Exper. Electr. 103 It may be proper to mention such theory of atmospheric electricity as appears to me consonant to the general operations of nature. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 36/2 The action of the sun and moon must produce certain small atmospheric tides. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxi. 301 The wildest atmospheric effects became visible. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) ii. 43 There would have been..greater atmospheric moisture. 1934 Discovery Mar. 68/2 A report..on fog and atmospheric pollution. 1947 Archit. Rev. 101 139/1 Heavy atmospheric pollution occurs in most of the larger towns in this country, with consequent detriment to health and environment. 3. Caused, produced, or worked by the action of the atmosphere. atmospheric engine, a steam-engine in which the piston was forced down by the pressure of the atmosphere, after the condensation of the steam that caused it to rise. atmospheric line, the equilibrium line on the indicator-card of a steam-engine. atmospheric pressure, that exerted by the atmosphere on the earth's surface, 14·7 (roughly 15) lbs. to the square inch. atmospheric railway, one worked by the propulsive force of compressed air or by the formation of a vacuum; a pneumatic railway. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [noun] > atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure1822 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific types atmospheric1822 single-acting1825 wind-logged1829 non-condensing1839 double-acting1842 treble-cylinder1877 quadruplex1880 uniflow1912 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > subject to or dependent on weather atmospherical1728 meteoric1789 atmospheric1853 the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [adjective] > produced by action of atmosphere atmospheric1853 1822 Burrowes Cycl. X. 229/2 The atmospheric engine of Newcomen. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) viii. 61 The Polar glacier must be regarded as strictly atmospheric in its increments. 4. Evoking or designed to evoke an atmosphere (sense 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > state of feeling or mood > [adjective] > suggestive of state of feeling atmospheric1908 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally wateryc1230 polite?a1500 meagre1539 over-laboured1579 bald1589 spiritless1592 light1597 meretricious1633 standing1661 effectual1662 airy1664 severe1665 correct1676 enervatea1704 free1728 classic1743 academic1752 academical1752 chaste1753 nerveless1763 epic1769 crude1786 effective1790 creative1791 soulless1794 mannered1796 manneristical1830 manneristic1837 subjective1840 inartisticala1849 abstract1857 inartistic1859 literary1900 period1905 atmospheric1908 dateless1908 atmosphered1920 non-naturalistic1925 self-indulgent1926 free-styled1933 soft-centred1935 freestyle1938 pseudish1938 decadent1942 post-human1944 kitschy1946 faux-naïf1958 spare1965 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > relating to cultural climate atmospheric1908 atmosphered1920 1908 Punch 21 Oct. 305/2 ‘To aviate’ is nauseous enough, and ‘planing’, in the atmospheric slang of country-house parties, is pretty bad. 1927 Melody Maker Sept. 942 (advt.) Modern atmospheric music by the World's most eminent writers. 1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 343 An atmospheric story, ‘The Seventh Veil’, broke all box-office records. 1963 Punch 20 Feb. p. vii/1 Visually beautiful, atmospheric little tragedy about the love of a guilt-ridden childlike man. Draft additions August 2010 atmospheric physics n. the physics of the atmosphere; esp. the branch of science concerned with this.In quot. 1832 perhaps: the physical properties of the air, as relevant to the treatment of inflammations. ΚΠ 1832 G. Robertson Treat. Inflammations I. 262 The atmospheric physics to be used as a remedial stimulus in inflammations, will chiefly consist..in the regulation of its temperature, occasionally of its electricity and moisture, and its solar light and heat. 1836 Naval Mag. July 319 A clue to the true system of atmospheric physics, a subject which has always been beset with difficulties. 1900 Obituary Rec. Graduates Yale Univ. 330 In March, 1883, he obtained a position..where he devoted himself to the study of meteorology and atmospheric physics. 1912 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 44 923 Meteorologists will find much satisfaction in his explanation of the atmospheric physics of earth-generated air currents directed upwards by mountain slopes. 2010 B. Bova Able One 231 He had majored in geophysics in college, then somehow gotten interested in atmospheric physics as a graduate student. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1783
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