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ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("atmospheric phenomenon" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atmospheric phenomenon"):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
air hole; air pocket; pocket (a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly)
aurora (an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force)
condensate; condensation (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)
front ((meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses)
greenhouse effect; greenhouse warming (warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth)
inversion (the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer)
storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)
atmospheric electricity (electrical discharges in the atmosphere)
midnight sun (the sun visible at midnight (inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circles))
halo (a circle of light around the sun or moon)
meteor shower; meteor stream (a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere)
sunrise (atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun)
sunset (atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun)
afterglow (a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset)
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)
