
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'atmosphere.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Meanwhile, carbon removal-sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere-has not been proven on any mass scale. 2022 PWATs, or precipitable water indexes - a measure of how much moisture is present in a column of air from the bottom to the top of the atmosphere - are approaching a remarkable three inches. Ambiance is a baby girl name of irregular use. The meaning of the name is feeling, mood. Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. am - bian - ce, amb -ia- nce The baby girl name Ambiance is pronounced as AE MBiyAHNS. / ( mbns, French bjs) / noun the atmosphere of a place Word Origin for ambience C19: from French ambiance, from ambiant surrounding see ambient Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. 2022 But human influence is affecting the dynamics of weather systems, the periodicity of the jet stream and the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere. Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Traveling 32 times faster than the speed of sound, the spacecraft will dip into the top layers of the atmosphere, shed some of that speed and skip like a rock back into space. 2022 During radio occultation, radio waves bend against denser regions of the atmosphere, revealing information about temperature, humidity and pressure. 2022 The two solid rocket boosters and core stage are filled with 733,000 gallons of propellant, which will push the Orion orbiter out of the atmosphere and into orbit.Ĭhris Morris, Fortune, 28 Aug. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. that which surrounds or encompasses environment. the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance. French, from ambiant, surrounding, from Latin ambins, ambient- see ambient. noun, plural ambiances am-bee-uhn-siz French ahn-byahns.

2022 And the wetlands beavers create may have the extra benefit of stashing carbon out of the atmosphere. The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment: a restaurant known for its romantic ambiance.

Recent Examples on the Web Instead of an atmosphere, Mercury has a thin exposure made of atoms that use solar wind and strike meteoroids to blast off the surface, NASA writes.Ĭlare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Sep.
