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atmospherics

atmospherics noun: radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made).

Noun

atmospherics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
    • Other projects in progress at CRPL involve the study of audiofrequency tellurics (current induced in the earth) and earth conductivity measurements using atmospherics.1964, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Technical News Bulletin, volumes 48-49, page 131
  2. (plural, plural-only) Elements of the overall background atmosphere.
    • The indefinite object was drawing away from us at a high speed and eventually disappeared into a veil of atmospherics, very much as a headlight disappearing into a fog.1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 29
  3. (plural, plural-only) The ambiance of a physical location (e.g., retail shop) or a sensory performance (e.g., music).

atmospherics meaning in Tamil

atmospherics in Tamil

வளி மண்டல மின் குழப்பங்கள், வளிமண்டல மின் குறுக்கீடுகள், வளிமண்டலமின்குழப்பங்கள், வளிமண்டலக்குழப்பம்

Origin of atmospherics

From atmosphere + -ics.

Words formed from atmospherics

Questions about atmospherics

What does atmospherics mean?
Atmospherics means radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made).
What is atmospherics in Tamil?
Atmospherics in Tamil is வளி மண்டல மின் குழப்பங்கள், வளிமண்டல மின் குறுக்கீடுகள், வளிமண்டலமின்குழப்பங்கள். See Atmospherics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atmospherics?
Atmospherics is a noun.

Words near atmospherics in the dictionary

  1. atmospheric waters
  2. atmospherical
  3. atmospherically
  4. atmosphericity
  5. atmosphericness
  6. atmospherics
  7. atmospherization
  8. atmospherology
  9. atmosphære
  10. atmosphæres
  11. atmosphæric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atmospherics (page history and authors); atmospherics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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