atmosphere

«atmosphere» in Mova's school dictionary: the layer of gases (air) around the Earth or another planet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an atmosphere, atmospheres; uncountable for the feeling)

meaning for a pupil

1) The atmosphere is the layer of gases (air) around the Earth or another planet. tree →

2) The atmosphere of a place or event is the mood or feeling it has: a happy, scary or calm atmosphere. tree →

3) The air in a room or place: «a smoky atmosphere». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons the Earth's atmosphere contains mostly nitrogen and oxygen, protects us from the Sun's harmful rays, burns up small meteors, and holds the weather. Mars has a thin atmosphere; the Moon has almost none. In writing lessons, authors build atmosphere with description (dark, silent, creaking). Phrases: «Earth's atmosphere», «enter the atmosphere», «a friendly atmosphere», «create an atmosphere».

examples

• The Earth's atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen. tree →
• Meteors burn up when they enter the atmosphere. tree →
• There is no breathable atmosphere on the Moon. tree →
• Clouds and weather happen in the lower atmosphere. tree →
• The party had a happy atmosphere. tree →
• The old house had a spooky atmosphere. tree →
• Use describing words to create atmosphere in your story. tree →
• The atmosphere in the classroom was calm during the test. tree →
• The sun now set: the atmosphere glowed like fire. tree →

note

Spelling: atmoSPHERE (like «sphere»). Adjective: atmospheric. Science myth: the atmosphere does not end with a sharp edge; it gets thinner and thinner as you go up. Space begins about 100 km up.

In the corpora

• Stars twinkle because their light is bent by moving air in our atmosphere; seen from space, they don't twinkle.
• The Moon has almost no atmosphere, so there is no sound, no wind and the sky is black even in daytime.
• The red colour comes from sunlight bent through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon, like all the world's sunsets at once.
• Titan is the only moon with a thick atmosphere.
• Uranus has the coldest measured atmosphere of any planet, about minus 224 degrees Celsius, even though Neptune is further out.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «atmosphere» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.