Kilo Lingo

/ˈætməsfɪə/

Line drawing of atmosphere
Coloured illustration of atmosphere
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Translation

The air around the Earth; also the feeling that a place gives you.

Word origin

Made from Greek atmos, meaning vapour, and sphaira, meaning ball: the ball of air around a planet.

Origin
Greek
Root
atmos + sphaira
English cognates
sphere

Grammar

Gender
Pluralatmospheres

Examples

layer .

This is the science meaning: the air around a planet.

cafe , .

Here "atmosphere" means the feeling the place gives you.

.

The feeling in the room was strange and uncomfortable.

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This word is part of lesson 51.