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Atmosphere   /ˈætməsfˌɪr/   Listen
Atmosphere

noun
1.
A particular environment or surrounding influence.  Synonyms: ambiance, ambience.
2.
A unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade.  Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure.
3.
The mass of air surrounding the Earth.  Synonym: air.  "It was exposed to the air"
4.
The weather or climate at some place.  Synonym: atmospheric state.
5.
The envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body.
6.
A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing.  Synonyms: air, aura.  "The house had a neglected air" , "An atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters" , "The place had an aura of romance"



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"Atmosphere" Quotes from Famous Books



... that many look upon a great department store as an educational institution. But the one in which Nancy worked was something like that to her. She was surrounded by beautiful things that breathed of taste and refinement. If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money ...
— The Trimmed Lamp • O. Henry
... the song and prayer he gently blows in the direction toward which he wishes it to go, waving his hand in the same direction as though pushing away the storm. A part of the storm is usually sent into the upper regions of the atmosphere. If standing at the edge of the field, he holds a blade of corn in one hand while ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney
... away smiling sweetly, leaving behind her a delicious perfume and an atmosphere so soft and heavenly that it diffused a peaceful calm in my heart. I suffered ...
— Old French Fairy Tales • Comtesse de Segur
... the casual atmosphere which had surrounded the affair between the Salariki clansmen in the hall. Here was ceremony. The storm priests invoked their own particular grim Providence, and there was an oath taken over the weapons of battle. When the actual engagement began the betting ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton
... in time. Paris, a few months ago so alive to the nearness of the enemy, seems to have grown completely oblivious of that nearness; and it is startling, not more than twenty miles from the gates, to pass from such an atmosphere of workaday security to the imminent ...
— Fighting France - From Dunkerque to Belport • Edith Wharton


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