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  • English Word Atmo Definition The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
  • English Word Atmologic Definition Alt. of Atmological
  • English Word Atmological Definition Of or pertaining to atmology.
  • English Word Atmologist Definition One who is versed in atmology.
  • English Word Atmology Definition That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.
  • English Word Atmolysis Definition The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.
  • English Word Atmolyzation Definition Separation by atmolysis.
  • English Word Atmolyze Definition To subject to atmolysis; to separate by atmolysis.
  • English Word Atmolyzer Definition An apparatus for effecting atmolysis.
  • English Word Atmometer Definition An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition Any gaseous envelope or medium.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
  • English Word Atmosphere Definition The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
  • English Word Atmospheric Definition Alt. of Atmospherical
  • English Word Atmospherical Definition Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
  • English Word Atmospherical Definition Existing in the atmosphere.
  • English Word Atmospherical Definition Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine.
  • English Word Atmospherical Definition Dependent on the atmosphere.
  • English Word Atmospherically Definition In relation to the atmosphere.
  • English Word Atmospherology Definition The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
  • English Word Atokous Definition Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids.
  • English Word Atoll Definition A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
  • English Word Atom Definition An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
  • English Word Atom Definition An ultimate particle of matter not necessarily indivisible; a molecule.
  • English Word Atom Definition A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.
  • English Word Atom Definition The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.
  • English Word Atom Definition Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit.