atmospherics

Questions about atmospherics

What does atmospherics mean?

atmospherics means "a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference".

How many syllables are in atmospherics?

atmospherics has 4 syllables: at-mo-spher-ics. The stress falls on "spher". In IPA it is /ˌætməˈsfɛɹɪks/.

What is another word for atmospherics?

Close synonyms include static, atmospheric static. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atmospherics a common word?

atmospherics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.