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A crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference
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atmospherics
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All he could get was atmospherics , a gushing sound like running water. ▪ Her gorgeously drowsy voice is perfectly matched to shimmering, twilight atmospherics . ▪ So far, at least the atmospherics are positive. ▪ The employees ...
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In marketing the term atmospherics is used to describe the discipline of designing commercial spaces. Atmospherics was coined by Philip Kotler in a 1973 article in the Journal of Retailing . Kotler argues that the tangible product is only a small part of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference [syn: static , atmospheric static ]
Usage examples of atmospherics.
Water and atmospherics will take precedence over everything, and they are global phenomena.
The light was more than sufficient, but the different colors in the bands caused the colors on the surface to seem distorted and oddly not quite right, and atmospherics further twisted it into odd wavy bands on the water.
Anchors and hell to pay with atmospherics, stream flow, and natural drainage and seepage.
He had discarded the chlorinating equipment, rerigged the old atmospherics, located the ship's position in space, tried to plot a course, and sent out carefully guarded signals—which had worked.
He had discarded the chlorinating equipment, rerigged the old atmospherics, located the ship's position in space, tried to plot a course, and sent out carefully guarded signals-which had worked.
He had discarded the chlorinating equipment, rerigged the old atmospherics, located the ship’s position in space, tried to plot a course, and sent out carefully guarded signals--which had worked.
It wasn't easy, angling in and coming down on the second deck from the top, but it was the only reasonable landing area not obscured by rigging ropes or screwed up by atmospherics, and she tried for it.
Thinking of the secret, I look at the television set, but the atmospherics are wrong tonight for messages, and it's probably too late for the haphazard programming they put out now.