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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. completely enveloping;
- Example: "the ambient air"
- Example: "ambient sound"
- Example: "the ambient temperature"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ambient
    adj 1: completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient
           sound"; "the ambient temperature"