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ATMOSPHERIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or located in the atmosphere
Example:
atmospheric tests
Synonyms:
atmospheric; atmospherical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
atmosphere (the mass of air surrounding the Earth)
Derivation:
atmosphere (the mass of air surrounding the Earth)
atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)
atmosphere (the weather or climate at some place)
Context examples:
Bubbles found in ice cores are one example of fossil air that records the atmospheric composition of the atmosphere at the time the ice was formed.
(Fossil air, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
A unit of temperature of the temperature scale designed so that the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point is 100 degrees at standard atmospheric pressure.
(Degree Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)
But in June and July, low atmospheric pressures and cloudy skies slowed down the melt.
(Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record, NASA)
Concentration (units mass/mass) of the calcium ion (Ca+), often found in layers of ice, and derived from atmospheric transport of dust.
(Calcium concentrations, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Hemingway notes, is an inorganic form of carbon.
(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)
JunoCam data has detected atmospheric wave trains, towering atmospheric structures that trail one after the other as they roam the planet, with most concentrated near Jupiter's equator.
(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)
Atmospheric blocking events are middle-latitude, high-pressure systems that stay in place for days or even weeks.
(Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change, National Science Foundation)
Atmospheric methane absorbs red light but allows blue-green light to be scattered back into space, giving each planet a cyan hue.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
How and why their atmospheres balloon outwards remains unknown, but this feature makes super-puffs prime targets for atmospheric investigation.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
This is likely the result of intense starlight breaking up atmospheric molecules and eroding away the atmospheres of some planets over time, leaving behind two populations.
(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)
