Noun
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a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
"an air of mystery"
"the house had a neglected air"
"an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"
"the place had an aura of romance"
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the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
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the weather or climate at some place
"the atmosphere was thick with fog"
- atmospheric state -
the mass of air surrounding the Earth
"there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"
"it was exposed to the air"
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a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
- standard atmosphere - atm - standard pressure -
a particular environment or surrounding influence
"there was an atmosphere of excitement"