(n.) The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
(n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
(n.) A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.
(n.) The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 Ibs. to the sq. inch.
(n.) Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
(n.) The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
Example Sentences:
(1) I'm married to an Irish woman, and she remembers in the atmosphere stirred up in the 1970s people spitting on her.
(2) and then placed in the chamber containing a CO atmosphere (0.325-0.375%).
(3) The free nucleoside IV was obtained by removal of blocking groups by sodium methoxide catalyzed deacylation, deionization under reducing atmosphere, and chromatography on neutral alumina.
(4) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
(5) However, growing accustomed to “this strange atmosphere”, the Observer man became dazzled by Burgess’s “brilliance and charm”.
(6) Photosynthetic activity of the cells was checked by placing the cell evenly illuminated in a (14)CO(2) atmosphere.
(7) The fact that it is still used is regrettable yet unavoidable at present, but the average quantity is three times less than the mercury released into the atmosphere by burning the extra coal need to power equivalent incandescent bulbs.
(8) The behavior and effects of atmospheric emissions in soils and plants are discussed.
(9) After unsuccessful treatment with surgical debridement and high-dose antibiotic therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was administered in a multiplace recompression chamber (one hour of treatment at 1.8 atmospheres absolute followed by a 30 minute "ascent" to surface pressure).
(10) An atmosphere of hydrogen eliminates this inhibition in the hydrogenase-containing T. foetus but not in E. invadens which lacks the enzyme.
(11) The worldwide pattern of movement of DDT residues appears to be from the land through the atmosphere into the oceans and into the oceanic abyss.
(12) There could be no faulting the atmosphere or the football drama.
(13) The loss of summer sea ice has led to unusual warming of the Arctic atmosphere, that in turn impacts weather patterns in the northern hemisphere , that can result in persistent extreme weather such as droughts, heatwaves and flooding," she said.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest José Mourinho launched a withering attack on the lack of atmosphere generated by Chelsea’s home supporters after their 2-1 victory against QPR , saying it felt like his side were playing at an “empty stadium”.
(15) In a report published online by the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , experts from Europe and the US estimated that the quantity of the radioactive isotope caesium-137 released at the height of the crisis was equivalent to 42% of that from Chernobyl.
(16) The DCM sampler is expected to contribute to public health impact assessments by facilitating detailed determinations of the identities, compositions, concentrations, sources, formation mechanisms, and biological activity of environmental toxicants in gaseous atmospheres.
(17) The results show that the atmospheric concentrations of VCM are well below accepted occupational exposure limits.
(18) It is suggested that the atmosphere of Athens favours the formation of secondary direct-acting mutagens due to the oxidation and nitration of PAH by ozone and nitrogen oxides, which are more abundant in the late spring months.
(19) The authors conducted the course together and an atmosphere of intellectual honesty was developed through open discussion between faculty and students.
(20) The effectiveness of this legislative measure is evaluated here by comparison of data on atmospheric lead levels in the city of Turin, and blood lead levels in A.V.I.S.
Unnatural
Definition:
(a.) Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those searching for structural effects and those searching for meaning are potentially natural partners, a relationship much superior to being unnatural antagonists.
(2) Last week, Jindal told a conference that corporate America has fashioned an “unnatural alliance with the radical left” by opposing so-called religious freedom bills that gay rights activists fear would give businesses a license to discriminate.
(3) These findings suggest that the neural circuits underlying auditory spatial sensitivity of IC neurons of the monaurally plugged juvenile bats have undergone modifications to compensate for the unnatural binaural disparity during postnatal development.
(4) Yet many Africans who are at risk of infection reject condoms as "unnatural."
(5) In unnatural death cases the BAC under 0.05% was found in 64% of the suicides, 62% of the accidents, 54% of the homicides and 51% of the drug intoxications.
(6) A quarter (71) of the deaths reported were unnatural, verdicts of suicide or accidental death or open verdicts having been recorded.
(7) These results suggest the possibility that stuttering treatments that employ strategies like gentle voicing onset and prolonged speech may result in somewhat slower posttherapy speech patterns characterized by prolonged VOTs that could influence listeners to judge the speech as more unnatural than the speech of nonstutterers.
(8) Thus only pathologists are allowed to certify unnatural causes of death.
(9) 5: 423-429, 1973), appears to restrict blood flow by placing unnatural tension on the retractor muscle and by requiring an incision in the tip of the pouch.
(10) Inhibitory action is potentiated both in vitro and in vivo by the addition of leucovorin (LV; either the natural [6S] isomer or the mixture of the unnatural and natural [6R,S] isomers).
(11) 5) With respect to the facial aesthetics of the case presented as one of reference, 42.7, 15.9 and 13.3% pointed out mandibular deviation, ocular prostheses and condition of contact of the maxillofacial prostheses with the skin, respectively, to be unnatural.
(12) Forest ecologists say it is no coincidence the Rim fire exploded through areas which had seen few or no blazes in almost a century – an unnatural absence since California's mountain flora evolved to burn .
(13) Methylation of PE and random acyl chain migration across different phospholipid classes were marginal, but the exchange of PC for PE, apparently mediated by the action of phospholipase, was indicated after uptake of the unnatural PC( delta 9-27:1, delta 9-26:1).
(14) Three-hundred-and-thirty cases of unnatural death, leading to 110 open verdicts, 110 verdicts of suicide and 110 of accident, from the Inner West London Coroner's District have been examined to see if particular coroner's officers or pathologists were associated with disproportionate numbers of suicide verdicts.
(15) During this phase, the head might be subjected to unnatural position which is maintained for a certain period.
(16) A number of unnatural amino acids and amino acid analogs with modified backbone structures were substituted for alanine-82 in T4 lysozyme.
(17) Heavier drinkers were at greater risk for death from noncardiovascular causes (relative risk at greater than or equal to 6 drinks per day compared with no alcohol = 1.6, 95% Cl, 1.3 to 2.0) especially cirrhosis, unnatural death, and tobacco-related cancers.
(18) Cyanogen bromide catalyzes the formation not only of phosphodiester, but also of unnatural phosphoramide and pyrophosphate interoligomer bonds.
(19) On Tuesday the Israeli general Benny Gantz was quoted as telling a parliamentary panel that 2012 would be a "critical year" for Iran, in part because of "things that happen to it unnaturally".
(20) According to definitions of medical malpractice and of unnatural death it is established that medical measures under criminal principles of causality come into consideration as causes of death even without proof of guilt.