different between atmosphere vs baric

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)

1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

   Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere

   Meronyms: see Thesaurus:atmosphere

2. 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; […].

3. (figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.

   Synonyms: air, ambiance, feeling, mood

4. A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
5. (television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.

Related terms

• atmospheric
• atmospherics

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• mood

English

Etymology 1

bar +? -ic Derived from the Ancient Greek word "pressure": barikos (???????), from ????? (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -???? (-ikós, “-ic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ??k/

Adjective

baric (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.

Derived terms

• heterobaric
• homobaric
• thermobaric

Etymology 2

barium (“root "bar-" by removing suffix -ium”) +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ??k/, IPA^(key): /?b????k/

Adjective

baric (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to barium.

Anagrams

• Cabri, Carib, Carib., biarc, cabri, rabic

Romanian

Etymology

From French barique

Adjective

baric m or n (feminine singular baric?, masculine plural barici, feminine and neuter plural barice)

1. baric

Declension