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atmosphere
English
Alternative forms
- atmosphære (archaic)
Etymology
From French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ????? (atmós, “steam”) + Ancient Greek ?????? (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- +? -sphere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æt.m?s?f??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ætm?s?f??/
Noun
atmosphere (countable and uncountable, plural atmospheres)
- The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
- Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere
- Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere
- The air in a particular place.
- 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 apparent mood felt in an environment.
- Synonyms: air, ambiance, feeling, mood
- A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
- (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
Related terms
- atmospheric
- atmospherics
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ambiance, ambience
- mood
atmosphere From the web:
- what atmosphere do we live in
- what atmosphere does weather occur
- what atmosphere do planes fly in
- what atmosphere contains the ozone layer
- what atmosphere layer is the hottest
- what atmosphere do satellites orbit
- what atmosphere layer does weather occur
- what atmosphere layer do we live in
altitude
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altit?d? (“height”), from altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ælt.??tju?d/, /?ælt.??t??u?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ælt.??tu?d/
Noun
altitude (countable and uncountable, plural altitudes)
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- A vertical distance.
- (geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- Whoever has an ambition to be heard in a crowd, must press, and squeeze, and thrust, and climb, with indefatigable pains, till he has exalted himself to a certain degree of altitude above them.
- (dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
- Highest point or degree.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- altitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- altitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- latitude
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altit?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ti.tyd/
Noun
altitude f (plural altitudes)
- altitude
Related terms
- haut
Further reading
- “altitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altit?d?.
Noun
altitude f (plural altitudes)
- altitude
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altit?d?.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /a?.ti.?tu.ð?/
- Hyphenation: al?ti?tu?de
- Rhymes: -ud?i
Noun
altitude f (plural altitudes)
- altitude
Related terms
altitude From the web:
- what altitude am i at
- what altitude do planes fly
- what altitude is space
- what altitude do you need oxygen
- what altitude does space start
- what altitude is denver
- what altitude is sea level
- what altitude is the stratosphere
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