单词 | atmospherical |
释义 | atmosphericaladj. 1. = atmospheric adj. 1 archaic (Atmospherical air was so called at first to distinguish it from other gases also called air: see air n.1 2a.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] etherealc1550 atmospherical1664 atmospherial1709 atmospheric1783 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 99 By Atmosphærical Air, I understand such as we constantly breathe and live in. 1816 M. Faraday Exper. Res. i. 2 The atmospherical air being perfectly excluded. 2. = atmospheric adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [adjective] > existing or taking place in atmospherical1666 atmospheric1789 1666 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 182 The Extent of the Atmospherical Changes. 1824 V. Knox Christian Philos. 317 Hail, rain, snow, dew, and other atmospherical phenomena. 3. = atmospheric adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [adjective] > climate tropical1787 atmospherical1829 1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air i. iv. 11 There is as much of the Atmospherical Pressure—if I may so speak, taken off. 1829 T. Forster (title) Illustrations of the Atmospherical Origin of Epidemic Diseases. 4. Subject to atmospheric influences. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > subject to or dependent on weather atmospherical1728 meteoric1789 atmospheric1853 1728 A. Pope Corr. 12 Oct. (1956) II. 522 If I liv'd in Ireland, I fear the wet climate wou'd indanger..my humour, and health, I am so Atmospherical a creature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1662 |
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