atmospheric

adj — 3 senses

atmospheric

adj

UK /ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk/ · /ˌætməsˈfɪɹɪk/

Etymology From atmospher(e) + -ic.

1

Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.

  • atmospheric phenomena
2

Translucent or hazy.

3

Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.

  • a dark atmospheric thriller
  • atmospheric concert
Derived terms
33 termsatmospherical, atmospherically, atmospheric disturbance, atmospheric electricity, atmospheric engine, atmospheric escape, atmospheric hammer, atmosphericity, atmospheric line, atmosphericness, atmospheric oxygen, atmospheric perspective, atmospheric physics, atmospheric pressure, atmospheric railway, atmospheric refraction, atmospheric river, atmospherics, atmospheric tide, atmospheric water, endoatmospheric, exoatmospheric, extraatmospheric, nonatmospheric, palaeoatmospheric, paleoatmospheric, preatmospheric, sferic, sferics, subatmospheric, superatmospheric, unatmospheric, whistling atmospherics
Related terms
ambient

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