Environment vs. Atmosphere

Environmentnoun

The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Environmentnoun

The natural world or ecosystem.

Environmentnoun

All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

Environmentnoun

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

Environmentnoun

(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.

Environmentnoun

(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Environmentnoun

Act of environing; state of being environed.

Environmentnoun

That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

Environmentnoun

the totality of surrounding conditions;

Environmentnoun

the area in which something exists or lives;

Environmentnoun

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

Environmentnoun

the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on

Environmentnoun

the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates

Environmentnoun

the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity

Atmospherenoun

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

Atmospherenoun

The air in a particular place.

Atmospherenoun

The apparent mood felt in an environment.

Atmospherenoun

A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)

Atmospherenoun

The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; - applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.

Atmospherenoun

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

Atmospherenoun

The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 lbs. to the sq. inch.

Atmospherenoun

Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.

Atmospherenoun

The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.

Atmospherenoun

a particular environment or surrounding influence;

Atmospherenoun

a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

Atmospherenoun

the mass of air surrounding the Earth;

Atmospherenoun

the weather or climate at some place;

Atmospherenoun

the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

Atmospherenoun

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;

Atmosphere

An atmosphere (from the greek words ἀτμός (atmos), meaning 'vapour', and σφαῖρα (sphaira), meaning 'ball' or 'sphere') is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body. An atmosphere is more likely to be retained if the gravity it is subject to is high and the temperature of the atmosphere is low.