Definition of Atmospherical

1. Adjective. Relating to or located in the atmosphere. "Atmospheric tests"

Exact synonyms: Atmospheric
Partainyms: Atmosphere, Atmosphere
Derivative terms: Atmosphere, Atmosphere, Atmosphere, Atmosphere, Atmosphere

Definition of Atmospherical

1. Adjective. atmospheric ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Atmospherical

1. 1. Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth. 2. Existing in the atmosphere. "The lower atmospheric current." (Darwin) 3. Caused, or operated on, by the atmosphere; as, an atmospheric effect; an atmospheric engine. 4. Dependent on the atmosphere. "In am so atmospherical a creature." (Pope) Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Atmospheric line, the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See Indicator card) Atmospheric pressure, the pressure exerted by the atmosphere, not merely downwards, but in every direction. In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. On each square inch. Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force. Atmospheric tides. See Tide. Origin: Cf. F. Atmospherique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atmospherical

atmophiles
atmos
atmosphere
atmosphere absolute
atmosphered
atmospheres
atmospheric
atmospheric condition
atmospheric electricity
atmospheric perspective
atmospheric phenomenon
atmospheric pressure
atmospheric state
atmospheric static
atmospheric tide
atmospherical
atmospherically
atmospherics
atmospherization
atmospherology
atmosphære
atmosphæric
atoc
atocia
atocias
atocs
atok
atokal
atokes

Literary usage of Atmospherical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1854)
"Atmospherical ELECTRICITY. By Professor Joseph Lovering of Harvard University. IF we allow ourselves to he instructed hy the analogies of the friction ..."

2. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1854)
"Atmospherical ELECTRICITY. By Professor Joseph Lowering of Harvard University. ... The probable causes of atmospherical electricity. And 4. ..."

3. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge (1854)
"Atmospherical ELECTRICITY. By Professor Joseph Lovering of Harvard University. ... The probable causes of atmospherical electricity. And 4. ..."

4. The physical geography of the sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"Its Bearings upon the Theory of Atmospherical Circulation, 167.—Suggests Magnetic Agency, 170. 157. SEAMEN tell us of "red fogs" which they sometimes ..."

5. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1855)
"Atmospherical ELECTRICITY. By Professor Joseph Lovering of Harvard University. But I will pass on to other devices which have at least a show of science in ..."

6. Transactions by Royal meteorological society (1839)
"Atmospherical DISEASES AT THETFORD, NORFOLK.—BY HW BAILEY, Esa., MRCS &c. 1837. JANUARY.—This month will be recorded in times hereafter as having a peculiar ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1851)
"On some Pathological Effects produced by Atmospherical Electricity. By Prof. SCHONBEIN. (" Proceedings" of Royal Med. Chirurg. Soc., June 24, 1851. ..."

8. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"0.4, absorbed 4i times its volume of atmospherical air; that from boxwood, sp. gr. 0.6, absorbed fjt of air; and pit-coal of vegetable origin from ..."

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