| Pronunciation: | | 'ambeeunt
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| Matching Terms: | | ambience, ambient standard
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| | Definition: | | [adj] completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature" |
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| | Synonyms: | | close |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Am"bi*ent\, a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go
around; amb- + ire to go.]
Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. ``Ambient
air.'' --Milton. ``Ambient clouds.'' --Pope.
\Am"bi*ent\, n.
Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a
perpetual ambient. --Sir H. Wotton.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Describes the surrounding environment (especially temperature and pressure) of an object or experiment, in particular an environment which affects the object or experiment but is not affected by it. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ambience, atmosphere, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, climate, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, neighboring, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, surroundings, wrapping |
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