/ˈætməsfɪə/
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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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