atmosphere

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The layer of gases that surrounds the Earth or another planet.

   The spacecraft burned up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere.

2. 2
   noun

   The mood or feeling of a place or situation.

   The atmosphere at the football match was electric.

Borrowed from French atmosphère, from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”); corresponding to atmo- + -sphere.

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