different between atmospheric vs plenum

English

Alternative forms

• atmosphæric (archaic, rare)

Etymology

atmospher(e) +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ætm?s?f???k/
• Rhymes: -?r?k

Adjective

atmospheric (comparative more atmospheric, superlative most atmospheric)

1. Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
2. (painting) Translucent or hazy.
3. Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.

   a dark atmospheric thriller

Synonyms

• atmospherical

Translations

See also

• ambient

Anagrams

• epitrochasm, metaphorics

English

Etymology

From Latin pl?num, noun use of neuter of pl?nus (“full”). The sense of "legislative meeting" is a semantic loan from Russian ??????? (plénum, “plenary session”), from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pli?n?m/

Noun

plenum (plural plenums or plena)

1. (physics) A space that is completely filled with matter.
   • 2001, Edward Grant, God and Reason in the Middle Ages, p. 176:

     The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in the plenum of their ordinary world.

2. (figuratively) A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something).
   • 1974, Guy Davenport Tatlin!:

     He lay on the long stone slant down to the slapping waves, his denim shorts, sneakers, and socks under his head for a pillow, feeling the splendour of distance in all directions, the liquid silence, the plenum of aloneness.

3. A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present.
4. An enclosed space having greater than atmospheric pressure.
5. The space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc.
6. (computing) A type of network cabling which satisfies plenum-ratings issued by the National Electrical Code. These cables produce less smoke and fumes in the event of fire.

Antonyms

• vacuum

Related terms

• plenary
• in pleno

Translations

Anagrams

• lumpen

Latin

Adjective

pl?num

1. nominative neuter singular of pl?nus
2. accusative masculine singular of pl?nus
3. accusative neuter singular of pl?nus
4. vocative neuter singular of pl?nus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin plenum

Noun

plenum n (definite singular plenumet, indefinite plural plena, definite plural plenaene)

1. a plenum (meeting)
2. a plenary session
3. In public; somewhere (sometime) where and when everyone's allowed: not restricted to a certain group or the like.

References

• “plenum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “plenum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin plenum

Noun

plenum n (definite singular plenumet, indefinite plural plenum, definite plural plenuma)

1. a plenum (meeting)
2. a plenary session

References

• “plenum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin plenum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?.num/

Noun

plenum n

1. plenum (legislative meeting)

Declension

Further reading

• plenum in Polish dictionaries at PWN