a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | the mass of air surrounding the Earth |
the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) | the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body |
the solid part of the earth's surface | a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade |
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | the weather or climate at some place |
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | a particular environment or surrounding influence |
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile | |