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NOUN (1)

1. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet";
- Example: "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"
- Example: "the ambit of municipal legislation"
- Example: "within the compass of this article"
- Example: "within the scope of an investigation"
- Example: "outside the reach of the law"
- Example: "in the political orbit of a world power"
[syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ambit \Am"bit\, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around.
   See Ambient.]
   Circuit or compass.
   [1913 Webster]

         His great parts did not live within a small ambit.
                                                  --Milward.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ambit
    n 1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
         control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a
         greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of
         municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
         article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside
         the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world
         power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass,
         ambit]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

AMBIT

    Algebraic Manipulation by Identity Translation
   (also claimed: "Acronym May Be Ignored Totally").

   An early pattern-matching language, developed by
   C. Christensen of Massachusetts Computer Assocs in 1964, aimed
   at algebraic manipulation.

   [Sammet 1969, pp. 454-457].

   (1994-12-08)