Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ambient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambient \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambient \Am"bi*ent\, n.
Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a
perpetual ambient. --Sir H. Wotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ambient
adj : completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound";
"the ambient temperature"
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