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Atmosphere vs Airbreathing - What's the difference?

atmosphere | airbreathing |

As a noun atmosphere

is atmosphere.

As an adjective airbreathing is

(aeronautics|of an engine or missile) using the air from the atmosphere for combustion.

atmosphere

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • The air in a particular place.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • The mood or feeling in a situation.
  • A unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)

    • Synonyms

    * (mood) air, ambiance, feeling, mood

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * atmospheric * atmospherics

    See also

    * ambiance, ambience * mood

    airbreathing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (aeronautics, of an engine or missile) Using the air from the atmosphere for combustion
  • (of fish) Which can breathe air for a short period of time; especially the airbreathing catfishes.

    • Derived terms

    (Using air from the atmosphere for combustion) * airbreathing propulsion (Breathing air) * airbreathing catfish