Definitions for atmospherics

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atmospherics at·mos·pher·ics

Spelling: [at-muh s-fer-iks, -feer-]

IPA: /ˌæt məsˈfɛr ɪks, -ˈfɪər-/

Atmospherics is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 3069 anagrams from letters in atmospherics (acehimoprsst).

Definitions for atmospherics

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) Radio and Television. noise in a radio receiver or randomly distributed white spots or bands on the screen of a television receiver, caused by interference from natural electromagnetic disturbances in the atmosphere.
2. (used with a singular verb) the study of such phenomena; sferics.
3. (used with a plural verb) mood or atmosphere; ambience:

Origin of atmospherics

First recorded in 1900-05; See origin at atmospheric, -ics

Examples for atmospherics

One political observer summed up the atmospherics: “It looks like two guys drinking lemonade with the sugar left out.”

It feels like you delight in the atmospherics, but you want to stay away from the violence.

Never mind that some of the atmospherics are shaky, like the white Christmas, for example.

One might say (ahem) that in Beijing on Wednesday the atmospherics were everything.