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adjective

Atmospherical, Atmospheric adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.

2.

Existing or occurring in the atmosphere. "The lower atmospheric current."

3.

Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.

4.

Dependent on the atmosphere. (R.) "In am so atmospherical a creature."

Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder.

Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See Indicator card.)

Atmospheric pressure, the pressure exerted by the atmosphere, not merely downwards, but in every direction. In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. on each square inch.

Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force.

Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.

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Etymology of 'Atmospheric'

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"Atmospheric" Quotes from Famous Books

... different levels and consider the degree of their reduction demanded by the various planes. Even he must compromise with binocular vision and arrive at a perspective de sentiment which, like our own, while scientifically false, is artistically true. To this linear perspective is added moreover an atmospheric perspective. ...

— Chinese Painters - A Critical Study • Raphael Petrucci

... beautiful day no doubt St. Margaret's Bay would look quite as lovely as Gravesend, but when it rained I question whether it would compare favourably with Southend under similar atmospheric circumstances. There was some shrubbery creeping up the white hill-side that may have been considered artistic, and possibly the great expanse of ocean (when completely free from mist) had to a certain extent a sort of charm. As I looked towards the coast of France I had an excellent ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890 • Various

... My dear Hawthorne, the atmospheric skepticisms steal into me now, and make me doubtful of my sanity in writing you thus. But, believe me, I am not mad, most noble Festus! But truth is ever incoherent, and when the big hearts strike together, the concussion is a little stunning. Farewell. ...

— Memories of Hawthorne • Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

... these atmospheric conditions—I do not presume to call them by so definite a name ...

— The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I • Burton J. Hendrick

... stretched over a stout copper wire, bent into a circle, placed over its mouth, so as to exclude as much as possible the sooty dust of the London atmosphere, without, at the same time, impeding the free passage of the atmospheric air. This receiver was about half-filled with ordinary spring-water, and supplied at the bottom with sand and mud, together with loose stones of limestone tufa from Matlock, and of sandstone: these were arranged so that the fish could get below.... ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 - Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 • Various

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