atmosphere
Etymology
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Etymology
From French atmosphère, from nl. atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός + σφαῖρα; corresponding to atmo- + -sphere.
Pronunciation Nounatmosphere
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body. - Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere
- Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere
The air in a particular place. - 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC ↗; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC ↗, page 0016 ↗:
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment. - Synonyms: air, ambiance
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment. - Synonyms: feeling, mood
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm), approximately the atmospheric pressure at sea level. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines. - 2013, Kerry Segrave, Extras of Early Hollywood: A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945, page 38:
- "It is estimated conservatively that there are some 50,000 would-be film extras in and around the celluloid capital, persons who would jump at the opportunity to appear as atmosphere in pictures," Scott concluded.
- 2015, William R. Phillippe, The Pastor's Diary:
- By the way, I discovered that we were not extras but background, as far as the director was concerned; and for the producer, we were atmosphere.
- French: atmosphère
- German: Atmosphäre
- Italian: atmosfera
- Portuguese: atmosfera
- Russian: атмосфе́ра
- Spanish: atmósfera, aire
- French: atmosphère
- Portuguese: atmosfera
- Russian: во́здух
- Spanish: atmósfera
- French: ambience
- Portuguese: ambiente
- Russian: обстано́вка
- Spanish: clima
- French: ambiance
- German: Atmosphäre
- Portuguese: atmosfera, ambiente
- Russian: настрое́ние
- Spanish: atmósfera, ambiente, clima
- French: atmosphère
- German: Atmosphäre
- Portuguese: atmosfera, atmosfera física
- Russian: атмосфе́ра
- Russian: массо́вка
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