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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'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Atmospheric" Quotes from Famous Books

... less. The rays are most powerful when the moon is in the sky, but their effect continues even after it has set, because as long as the green moonlight strikes any part of the Earth's atmosphere the entire atmospheric envelope of the planet remains charged with the ...

— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various

... on the outward voyage by Simpson and Wright[36] into the atmospheric electricity over the ocean, one set of which consisted of an inquiry into the potential gradient, and observations were undertaken at Melbourne for the determination of the absolute value of the potential gradient over the sea.[37] Numerous observations were also made on the radium content of the ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... ethics yet; and, besides, I had contracted a bad cold and had been taking a number of things for it and for the moment was, as you might say, full of conflicting emulsions. So, in reply to this lady's question, I said it occurred to me that the prevalent atmospheric conditions might for the nonce stand a few trifling alterations without any permanent ...

— Roughing it De Luxe • Irvin S. Cobb

... so very far off, appear so very little, and the rays of light they send are disturbed by atmospheric vapor, and thus to the ...

— Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... will be considered later on, when we deal with the dynamical value of light. That we do not feel the power and energy of the light waves is due to the well-known fact that their power is broken by the activity of the atmospheric particles, each of which, in their myriads, is ever moving with great velocity, and therefore bombard the light waves, as they endeavour to strike the earth. Thus the aetherial light waves are broken up and shattered, and fall to the earth not with their full energy ...

— Aether and Gravitation • William George Hooper

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