Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AT'MOS-PHERE
AT-MOM'E-TERAT-MOS-PHER'IC, or AT-MOS-PHER'IC-AL
AT'MOS-PHERE, n. [Gr. ατμος, vapor, and σφαιρα, a sphere.]
The whole mass of fluid, consisting of air, aqueous and other vapors, surrounding the earth.
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