Atmosphere
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| - | "The true [[Weird fiction |weird tale]] has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain [[atmosphere]] of breathless and unexplainable [[dread]] of outer, unknown forces must be present; and there must be a hint, expressed with a seriousness and portentousness becoming its subject, of that most terrible conception of the human brain--a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space." --[[Supernatural Horror in Literature]]" (1927) by H. P. Lovecraft | + | "The true [[Weird fiction |weird tale]] has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain [[atmosphere]] of breathless and unexplainable [[dread]] of outer, unknown forces must be present." --[[Supernatural Horror in Literature]]" (1927) by H. P. Lovecraft |
| |}[[Image:Der Abend.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Evening|Der Abend]]'' ([[1820]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] | |}[[Image:Der Abend.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Evening|Der Abend]]'' ([[1820]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] | ||
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"The true weird tale has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present." --Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927) by H. P. Lovecraft |
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An atmosphere (from Modern Greek ἀτμός (atmos), meaning 'vapour', and σφαῖρα (sphaira), meaning '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.
Metaphorically
An atmosphere is the air in a particular place or the mood or feeling in a situation. Synonyms include ambiance and feeling.
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