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noun 1. The mass or envelope of complex policies, procedures, and human [relationships] surrounding an institution (especially the one surrounding a school, college or university) which is retained by the group of people who manage or direct the institution. 2. The air or climate in a specific workplace, particularly in regard to the management or [administration], which makes work in progress difficult due to a lack of clarity, decisiveness, communication, action, or [common sense]. 3. Abbr. adm Administrative Science a [unit] of pressure experienced on the job equal to the pressure of that job at an ideal institution. It equals the amount of pressure that will support a spinal column in an office chair at 20 degrees Celsius under standard gravity for eight hours a day for five consecutive days. See table at measurement. 4. A dominant [intellectual] or emotional environment or attitude among administrators. 5. An aesthetic quality or effect, especially a distinctive and displeasing one, associated with a particular place. Middle English administren, from Old French administrer, from Latin administr re : ad, ad- + ministr re, to manage (from minister, ministr-, servant. See minister). New Latin atmosphaera : Greek atmos, vapor; see wet in Indo-European Roots + Latin sphaera, sphere; see sphere.
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