Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Electromagnetic radiation produced by natural phenomena such as lightning.
- noun Radio interference produced by electromagnetic radiation.
- noun Features, events, or statements intended to create a particular mood or attitude.
- noun The mood or attitude so created.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of atmospheres and of all their phenomena; meteorology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
radio interference caused bypulses ofelectromagnetic radiation in theatmosphere as the result oflightning and other events (bothnatural andman-made )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
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Examples
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Mr. Baker has raised plenty of money and run hard, but his inexperience with political atmospherics is reflected in steadily rising disapproval ratings.
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Those changes included the restructuring of how contractors gather what is known as "atmospherics," like the tone of Friday sermons at a mosque, or the mood on the street of a village toward a local official or NATO.
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Those changes included the restructuring of how contractors gather what is known as "atmospherics," like the tone of Friday sermons at a mosque, or the mood on the street of a village toward a local official or NATO.
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Those changes included the restructuring of how contractors gather what is known as "atmospherics," like the tone of Friday sermons at a mosque, or the mood on the street of a village toward a local official or NATO.
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And many of his troubles involve what political operatives call 'atmospherics' -- the very stuff a PR professional is supposed to manage.
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The contractors were supposed to provide only broad information about the political and tribal dynamics in the region - called "atmospherics" - and "force protection" information that might protect American troops from attack, the officials said.
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Often they're dull and tell the interviewers little they didn't already know; sometimes, though, they give insight to "atmospherics" - how Afghan locals feel about US forces or the Taliban.
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The contractors were supposed to provide only broad information about the political and tribal dynamics in the region - called "atmospherics" - and "force protection" information that might protect American troops from attack, the officials said.
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The atmospherics are a very Dickensian prelude to some imminent human violence in Martin Chuzzlewit, published in 1844.
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Final Fantasy), is sonically bigger than its predecessors, thanks in part to some swirly atmospherics from the Czech Symphony Strings.
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