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• atmosphere — 1 *air, ether, ozone 2 Atmosphere, feeling, feel, aura denote an intangible and usually unanalyzable quality or aggregate of qualities which gives something an individual and distinctly recognizable character. Atmosphere is used chiefly in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• physical geography — n. the study of the features and nature of the earth s solid surface and oceans, atmosphere and climate, distribution of plant and animal life, etc …   English World dictionary

• Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …   Universalium

• Physical oceanography — World ocean bathymetry. Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters. Physical oceanography is one of several sub domains into… …   Wikipedia

• atmosphere — atmosphereless, adj. /at meuhs fear /, n., v., atmosphered, atmosphering. n. 1. the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air. 2. this medium at a given place. 3. Astron. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body. 4. Chem. any… …   Universalium

• Physical geography — For other uses, see Physiographic regions of the world. True color image of the Earth s surface and atmosphere. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center image. Physical geography (also known as geosystems or physiography) is one of the two major… …   Wikipedia

• physical science, principles of — Introduction       the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world.        physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …   Universalium