Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atmo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: at-mo
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.

Dated

noun

Clipping of atmosphere

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"1880? William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Heat under a constant pressure of one atmo"
"In this case, at a pressure of one atmo, the quantity of gas absorbed by one gramme of water is .875 gramme at 0°C."
"Now the above change of ratio is established at a pressure about 2.5/10⁶ atmo as given by log. dec., when the mean free path of a molecule of air ought to be about 10⁶ × .00001 ÷ 2.5 centim. or 4 centim., which is about the radius of the bulb."

Etymology

From atmosphere.

Usage

Inflected Forms

atmos (plural)

Questions

What does atmo mean?: The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.
Where does atmo come from?: From atmosphere.

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