The (only) gravitational unit of pressure is the technical atmosphere (at).

Maybe in this totally technical atmosphere, it wasn't surprising that people saw things through a technological lens.

A technical atmosphere (symbol: at) is a non-SI unit of pressure equal to one kilogram-force per square centimeter.

At one point, he suggested that Iranian cooperation with the nuclear agency was simply a matter of carrying out the investigation "in the right political atmosphere," and "in a serious technical atmosphere."

If that happens, the focus on Iran will begin to shift away from the largely technical atmosphere at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to the diplomatic arena of the Security Council in New York, which has responsibility for keeping peace and security in the world.