Ambient

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ambient \Am"bi*ent\, n.
     Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a
     perpetual ambient. --Sir H. Wotton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ambient
       adj : completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound";
             "the ambient temperature"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambient":
     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