| 1. | atmosphere; atmospheres. |
| 2. | atmospheric. |
| ampere-turns per meter. |
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noun, verb, -phered, -pher⋅ing.| 1. | the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. |
| 2. | this medium at a given place. |
| 3. | Astronomy. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body. |
| 4. | Chemistry. any gaseous envelope or medium. |
| 5. | a conventional unit of pressure, the normal pressure of the air at sea level, about 14.7 pounds per square inch (101.3 kilopascals), equal to the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 29.92 in. (760 mm) high. Abbreviation: atm. |
| 6. | a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence: an atmosphere of impending war; a very tense atmosphere. |
| 7. | the dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel: the chilly atmosphere of a ghost story. |
| 8. | a distinctive quality, as of a place; character: The old part of town has lots of atmosphere. |
| 9. | to give an atmosphere to: The author had cleverly atmosphered the novel for added chills. |
| an electronic banking machine that dispenses cash, accepts deposits, and performs other services when a customer inserts a plastic card and pushes the proper coded buttons. Abbreviation: ATM |

| atm abbr. Physics atmosphere |
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at·mos·phere (āt'mə-sfîr') ![]() (click for larger image in new window) n.
[New Latin atmosphaera : Greek atmos, vapor; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots + Latin sphaera, sphere; see sphere.] |
| au·to·mat·ed teller machine (ô'tə-mā'tĭd) n. Abbr. ATM An unattended electronic machine in a public place, connected to a data system and related equipment and activated by a bank customer to obtain cash withdrawals and other banking services. Also called automatic teller machine, cash machine, money machine. |
| automatic teller machine n. Abbr. ATM See automated teller machine. |
The blanket of gas on the surface of a planet or satellite.
Note: The atmosphere of the Earth is roughly eighty percent nitrogen and twenty percent oxygen, with traces of other gases. (See ionosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere.)
An abbreviation for automated teller machine. This is a computer terminal that takes the place of a human bank teller and allows the user to access basic bank services, such as making deposits and cash withdrawals from remote locations, twenty-four hours a day.
atm or atm.
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atmosphere
atmosphere at·mos·phere (āt'mə-sfǐr')
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A gas surrounding a given body; a gaseous medium.
Abbr. atm, atm. A unit of pressure equal to the air pressure at sea level, approximately equal to 1.01325 × 105 newtons per square meter.
atmosphere (āt'mə-sfîr') Pronunciation Key
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atm
unit of pressure, equal to the mean atmospheric pressure at sea level. It corresponds to the pressure exerted by a vertical column of mercury (as in a barometer) 760 mm (29.9213 inches) high. One standard atmosphere, which is also referred to as one atmosphere, is equivalent to 101,325 pascals, or newtons of force per square metre (approximately 14.7 pounds per square inch). See also millibar.
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