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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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In the middle of the BioCharger, within the geometric, connected plates of glass, is a Tesla coil, which ionizes the surrounding 12 glass tubes that hold six noble gases, the gases in the earth’s atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

If the heliosphere contracted as the simulations suggest, Earth's atmosphere would have been directly exposed to a very different interstellar environment during those periods.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

"It adds to the atmosphere of a record. But for the last three albums, I've pretty much led a structured life, and I'm really digging it."

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

"I think there's a really nice atmosphere around it," said master luthier Zhang, describing how music now often filled the main square.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

It is a subtle point: vacuums don’t suck; the atmosphere pushes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The feature is usually linked to dense gas absorbing photons in the atmospheres of stars that are a few hundred million years old.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Willets focuses on DJ and experiential atmospheres, rather than live music venues and locales.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

They sing constantly and have generated the best atmospheres I have encountered in the US.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The pressure had dropped to 0.9 atmospheres during my little experiment.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald




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