| Pronunciation: | | en'vIrunmunt
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| Matching Terms: | | environment variable, environmental, environmental archaeology, environmental circumscription, environmental condition, environmental output, environmental protection (epa), environmental protection agency, environmental quality objective, environmental quality standard, environmental science, environmental tobacco smoke, environmental variance, environmentalist, environmentally
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- [n] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
- [n] the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
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| | Synonyms: | | environs, surround, surroundings |
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| | See Also: | | ambiance, ambience, area, arena, background, circumstance, context, domain, ecology, element, field, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, habitat, home, medium, melting pot, milieu, orbit, parts, scene, scope, setting, setting, situation, sphere, state of affairs, street, surroundings |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*vi"ron*ment\, n. [Cf. F. environnement.]
1. Act of environing; state of being environed.
2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions,
influences, or forces, by which living forms are
influenced and modified in their growth and development.
It is no friendly environment, this of thine.
--Carlyle.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | environment variable |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - The complex of climatic, edaphic and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.
- Califonia state law defines environment as "the physical conditions which exist within the area which will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, mineral, flora, fauna, noise, and objects of historic or aesthetic significance."
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The conditions, influences, or forces which affect the desirability and value of property, as well as the effect on people's lives. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | everything external to the organism. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ambience, ambient, atmosphere, backdrop, background, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, circumstances, climate, conditions, containment, context, ecosystem, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, envelopment, environs, existing conditions, full particulars, girding, girdling, habitat, inclusion, ins and outs, involvement, locale, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, set of conditions, setting, situation, status, status quo, surrounding, surroundings, territory, total situation, whole picture |
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