atmospheric+air
81Air parcel — An air parcel is an imaginary volume of air used by meteorologists to conceptualize the thermodynamic fluid motions of the atmosphere for use in weather forecasting. For mathematical simplicity, an air parcel is usually considered a rigid cube… …
82Atmospheric Chemistry Observational Databases — Over the last two centuries many atmospheric chemical observations have been made from a variety of ground based, airborne, and orbital platforms and deposited in databases. Many of these databases are publicly available. All of the instruments… …
83Atmospheric theatre — An atmospheric theatre is a historical type of movie palace (cinema) that used design and architectural elements to convey an impression of being seated in a fantastic foreign setting, which might be anything from a palace or village square to a… …
84atmospheric turbulence — ▪ meteorology small scale, irregular air motions characterized by winds that vary in speed and direction. Turbulence is important because it mixes and churns the atmosphere and causes water vapour, smoke, and other substances, as well as… …
85air current — noun air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure trees bent under the fierce winds when there is no wind, row the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into… …
86atmospheric condition — noun the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation they were hoping for good weather every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception the… …
87Atmospheric pressure discharge — An atmospheric pressure discharge is an electrical discharge in air at atmospheric pressure.An electrical discharge is a plasma, which is an ionized gas. Plasmas are sustained if there is a continuous source of energy to maintain the required… …
88atmospheric phenomenon — noun a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere • Hypernyms: ↑physical phenomenon • Hyponyms: ↑cloud, ↑air pocket, ↑pocket, ↑air hole, ↑aurora, ↑condensation, ↑ …
89atmospheric circulation — ▪ meteorology any atmospheric flow used to refer to the general circulation of the Earth and regional movements of air around areas of high and low pressure. On average, this circulation corresponds to large scale wind systems arranged in… …
90atmospheric spring — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …
