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Webster 1913 Edition
Atmo
At′mo
,Noun.
[Contr. fr.
atmosphere
.] (Physics)
The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
Sir W. Thomson.
Definition 2024
Atmo
Atmo
German
Noun
Atmo
- abbreviated form of Atmosphäre
- 2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, ISBN 978-3-86331-050-9, page 277:
- Die Atmo, die Heise einsetzt, fällt dagegen zunächst kaum auf.
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atmo
atmo
English
Noun
atmo (plural atmos)
- (physics, dated) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Thomson to this entry?)