atmo-, atm- +
(Greek: vapor, steam; air, gas; respiration)
atmiatry, atmiatrics
The treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.
atmidometric; evaporimeter
1. A reference to an instrument for measuring the rate at which water evaporates, usually into the atmosphere.
2. Relating to an instrument for determining the amount of evaporation from a moist surface in a given time.
atmobios
Organisms living in the air; aerial organisms.
atmocausis
Treatment of disease by application of steam.
atmocautery
An apparatus used in atmocausis.
atmoclast
A fragment of rock broken off from its place by atmospheric weathering.
atmoclastic
In petrology, referring to a clastic rock composed of rock fragments broken by atmospheric weathering and recemented in the same pattern as the previous arrangement.
atmogenic
In geology, of a rock, mineral, or deposit, originating in the atmosphere and formed through the action of condensation, wind, or deposition of volcanic vapors; for example, snow..
atmograph
1. A device for recording the movements of breathing.
2. An instrument for registering the varying character of respiratory movements.
3. A self-recording atmometer.
atmolith
Any atmogenic rock.
atmology, atmological
That branch of science that deals with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.
atmolysis
1. The separation of gases by exploitation of their differing diffusibilities.
2. The disintegration of organic tissue by contact with the fumes of toxic volatile fluids.
3. Separation of mixed gases by passing them through a porous diaphragm, the lighter gases diffusing through at a faster rate.
atmophyte
An epiphyte that obtains water by aerial assimilation over its entire surface.
atmosphere, atmospheric
1. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth and held to it by the force of gravity. It consists of four distinct layers, whose boundaries are not precise: the
troposphere (extending from sea level to about 5-10 miles [10 to 20 km] above the earth), the
stratosphere (up to about 30 miles [50 km]), the
mesosphere (up to about 60 miles [96 km]), the
thermosphere (up to about 300 miles or more [480 km]).
The upper region of the troposphere is often regarded as a separate region, the exosphere.
2. The gas bound gravitationally to a planet.
3. The outer layers of a star.
4. A supposed outer envelope of effective influence surrounding various bodies.
5. Prevailing psychological climate; pervading tone or mood; characteristic mental or moral environment; fascinating or beguiling associations or effects.
6. Applied to the background sounds that evoke a particular mood, impression, setting, etc., in a broadcast program, etc.
7. The air in any particular place; especially, as affected in its condition by heat, cold, purifying or contaminating influences, etc.
atmospheric distillation
AS refining process in which crude oil components are separated at atmosph4eric pressure by heating to temperatures of about 600-750°F and subsequent condensing of the fractions by cooling.
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind":
aello-;
aeolo-;
aero-;
anemo-;
austro-;
flat-, flatu-;
phys-;
pneo-, -pnea;
pneumato-;
turb-;
vent-;
zephyro-.